Students with special needs support of compulsory education secondary education and the use of ICT in the Region of Murcia

This paper aims to address the training and communicative dimension between Information Technology and Communication (ICT) and pupils of Secondary Education to establish a better understanding of why and how these young people use them, access their formats and interact with its contents. It presents the results of an inquiry, conducted in 15 schools and concerted public ownership of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spain), which has sought to know the equipment, use and consumption of digital media (Internet, social networking, mobile phone, game console and television) of students with specific need for educational support, according to the LOE (2006), enrolled in the 3rd and 4th of Secondary Education (ESO) and the existence of differences of students without these educational needs. To do this, 2734 students, of which 487 had special educational need, participated through a questionnaire of 73 items with four answer choices. Data were analyzed with SPSS for Windows 15.0, using descriptive statistics. From the results obtained in this study emphasize that in all dimensions analyzed there are no major differences between the two groups of students who have established shows that certain common digital media such as the Internet, mobile phone, game console and TV, are used by all students participating. However, there are important nuances that make differences.