Atuação e formação para o trabalho com crianças autistas : estamos preparados?

Abstract

The topic of autism has been little discussed in academic training, on the other hand, when we come across the reality of schools or gyms and clinics, we see a significant number of children on the autistic spectrum who need professionals trained to serve them well. The aim of this study is to identify which knowledge are necessary for the formation and acting of Physical Education teachers to work with people with ASD. This is a qualitative descriptive cross-sectional research and was composed of 9 physical education professionals who work directly with autistic individuals, who publish their work through photos and/or videos on Instagram and who have an experience in the area. An analysis was performed using Bardin's (2006) content analysis technique, through which we identified two categories: training and performance. At the end of the study, it was possible to observe that the professionals developed their work in the Southeast and Northeast regions of the country. It can be concluded that physical education professionals leave the undergraduate course unprepared to work with autistic children, taking into account the existing curriculum failures in higher education universities, it was also possible to know about performance to work with autistic children, as well as the performance for working with autistic children, the importance of assessment protocols and the importance of ABA for interventions with children, in view of its proof based on scientific evidence, finally we conclude that the theme of autism is still little seen in the scientific area, thus requiring more scientific productions that discuss the training and performance of physical education professionals to work with autistic children.