A música como recurso pedagógico para a aprendizagem dos alunos com transtorno do espectro autista

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder restricts an individual's interaction with society by presenting behavioral changes and communication problems. To improve this social interaction and minimize the negative effects of ASD on children's lives, the use of music as a facilitating pedagogical resource in the process of social inclusion and the learning process is perceived. Therefore, this paper reports the observations made in a kindergarten class of a regular school, following the daily life of a child with ASD. It aims to investigate how music is being worked at school by the preschool teacher in order to facilitate the learning of children with ASD. For the development of the research, six days of observation were carried out in a group of children IV, of a school of the private school system. The participants of the observations were the teacher, the room assistant and the student with four-year-old autism spectrum disorder. Observations were recorded in a logbook. Data analyzes and discussions were performed for each observation day. The results showed that music is not yet used as a pedagogical procedure in the development of a child with ASD.