Abstract

LOURENCO, Dídia  and  LEITE, Teresa. Práticas de Inclusão de Alunos com Perturbações do Espetro do Autismo. Invest. Práticas [online]. 2015, vol.5, n.2, pp.63-86. ISSN 2182-1372.

This article arises from a wider study and it aims to identify the Training Needs of General Education Teachers and Special Needs Teachers in order to allow the inclusion of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in mainstream schools. To perform this study, we conducted direct observations in the classroom and inquired several educational agents that can contribute to the effective inclusion of these students, namely general education teachers (1st cycle), special needs teachers, school groups directors with structured education units for autistic students, and parents of students with ASD. In line with this, we examined the documents supporting the development of the educational process of these students. In particular, with the observations in the regular education classroom, we intend to get to know the pedagogical practices developed, the organization and curricular management of the classroom and the means of specific support and monitoring of these students. In this article, we present the observations analysis, taking into account: (i) the context of the observation; (ii) the strategies and activities developed; (iii) the communicative relationship established. From this analysis, it is possible to infer training needs both in understanding the children’s problematic and in the curriculum planning and management of the classroom.

Keywords : inclusion; autism spectrum disorders; observation; teacher education needs for inclusion.

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