Estudantes com transtorno do espectro autista nos anos finais do ensino fundamental : a escuta dos educadores

Abstract

This dissertation is an exploratory qualitative study and aims to analyze the inclusion process of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), based on pedagogical practices aimed at them, in the final years of Elementary School, from the perspective of the classroom educator. common classroom and the teacher in the Specialized Educational Service room. The problem investigated refers to the question: how common room and AEE teachers narrate the inclusion process based on pedagogical practices aimed at students with ASD, in municipal schools, in the final years of Elementary School, in the city of Nova Prata/ RS? The theoretical framework was based on studies on ASD from Borges and Schmidt (2021) and Schmidt (2016, 2017, 2022), the themes on Inclusive Education from the perspective of Glat and Pletsch (2013) and Brazilian legislation on Inclusive Education and ASD from Brazil (2008, 2012). The research was carried out in two municipal schools that serve students with ASD enrolled in the final years of Elementary School and two AEE teachers from the selected Nova Prata municipal schools were invited, as well as four permanent teachers from the final years. of Elementary School, two from each school. To construct the data for this research, semi-structured interviews were carried out. The content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011) was the guiding principle to compose the data analysis, which made up three emerging categories: naming the categories. The research's investigative findings point to the need for curricular flexibility for all students and not just for students with ASD; the emergence of thinking about strategies at school management level to overcome the lack of time for exchanges and shared planning between common room and AEE teachers; the understanding that pedagogical practices need to focus on the student and their potential and the central role of teacher training for the qualification of practices. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]