GASPAR, Ana    SERRANO, Ana Maria. Interacções sociais e comunicativas entre uma criança com perturbação do espectro do autismo e os seus pares sem necessidades educativas especiais: Estudo de caso. []. , 29, 1, pp.67-82. ISSN 0870-8231.

With this study we observed the social and communicative interactions between a child with ASD and their peers without special needs, on two occasions. During play among children with ASD and two peers without special needs, in the presence of an adult. And then, the same activity without the adult. The objectives were: analise the adult role and the way the interactions occurs and identify social and communicative behaviors. At the end of the study we found that the child with ASD has a passive role, and their peers rarely have responded to her comments. Thus, interactions proved to be basic and not reciprocal, in the sense that, each moment, there was only one turn-taking. When the adult was present, the child with ASD demonstrated more social and communicative behaviors. These issues highlight the need and importance of specific training of peers without special needs, to interact with children with ASD, in order to maximize the opportunities during social and communicative interactions, in kindergardens.

: Autism spectrum disorder; Kindergarden; Play; Social and communicative interaction.

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