Processo de alfabetização de crianças com Síndrome de Down: o que dizem os estudos mais recentes

Abstract

The general objective of this work is to know the pedagogical practices developed to promote the literacy of children with Down Syndrome (DS), and specific objectives to reflect on the importance of the literacy process for these children and to verify how the school inclusion of children occurs. children with Down syndrome. It is a descriptive study of the bibliographic type, the research was carried out in the following databases: Portal Capes and Academic Google using the following keywords: Down Syndrome; literacy; pedagogical actions. The sample consisted of 11 articles and 2 dissertations disseminated in 8 journals in the Portal Capes and Google Academic databases. The analysis of this review verified how the pedagogical actions are being applied in schools for the acquisition of literacy and literacy for these children. The results show that, in general, teachers do not use any specific method or curriculum adaptation for the pedagogical practice in the literacy process of this target audience, however it was observed that children with DS who attend regular school, acquire significant benefits for their development cognitive and social. Therefore, it is concluded that children with Down syndrome need trained professionals and adequate teaching practices that encourage their physical and intellectual development early on so that there is progress in the schooling process in the literacy cycle.