O lúdico como caminho facilitador para a leitura de crianças autistas

Abstract

The ability developed in the act of playing, in addition to expanding the child’s imagination, also develops his/her emotions, because the kid ends up becoming so involved with the game, who does not even notice in his/her actions, the sense of excitement and enthusiasm gained while playing. This feeling of pleasure and interaction facilitates learning in all aspects of the child. This study has the general objective to study playfulness’ practicality in the process of reading in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Specifically, it intends to: identify possible methodological causes that interfered in the reading process; develop practical methods through playing to help building a significant reading; work on playfulness practicality of the reading process. Therefore we count on the participation of a ten-year-old diagnosed with ASD, male, born in João Pessoa-PB, attending the 3rd year of elementary school, studying in a private school, who has difficulty on reading and understanding texts. As the data collection instrument, we used observation, assessment tests, interviews and activities. The data were analyzed qualitatively by the results obtained in each session and through the tests and activities applied in light of the literature studied. The data from this study demonstrated that playfulness in raising a child with ASD is of great importance on the success of meaningful learning. It was concluded that the study included on the child a domain on creating and recreating learning strategies giving this way meaning to reading skills.