Comunicação suplementar e alternativa: analisando uma intervenção com uma criança com necessidades complexas de comunicação

Abstract

This Course Completion Work presents how the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication can help and help people with complex communication needs to develop skills in their social environment. Thus, the objective of this research is to analyze the process of pedagogical intervention with a child with complex communication needs through the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. A 4-year-old and 5-month-old female child with complex communication needs, without a confirmed diagnosis, participated in the research. For the development of the research, first, the Operationalized Portage Inventory Manual and the Protocol for Assessment of Communicative Skills in Family Situations were used to assess the child's skills. After the evaluation, a pedagogical intervention program was started using Augmentative and Alternative Communication, using the logbook and filming as data collection instruments. The evaluation and intervention period lasted four months. After data collection, the filming data were transcribed and compiled with data from the logbook records. Then, the data were analyzed using content analysis. As a result, it was found that the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication resources could facilitate the process of learning, interaction and living with children with complex communication needs, thus offering greater autonomy. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication was effective for what was proposed in this research, thus contributing to the pedagogical and social development of the child.