A inclusão de crianças autistas nas creches municipais de João Pessoa/PB: uma análise das práticas pedagógicas

Abstract

The present study aims to observe the inclusion and educational practises of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), in the 0 to 6 years old group enrolled in the Child Education Reference Centers (CREI) in the city of João Pessoa, as well as to verify the effectiveness of the education right in this segment, highlighting the legal bases of Brazilian legislation that aim to ensure access to education in a broad way for these children. The field of the research was carried out in the period from February to May in 2017, and it was constituted through interviews with three (03) teachers and three (03) child caregivers of regular education schools in João Pessoa, related to two CREI, and they are the Diotilia, located in the neighborhood of Jaguaribe and Maria de Lourdes, located in the district of Alto do Mateus, it was also used some references found in scientific articles that deal with the subject, especially with regard to identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Regarding the results, it was observed that among the three teacher interviewed, all were graduated in Pedagogy, but none of them have specialization, the child caregivers do not have training, they only undergo a short-term qualification process, which hinders further advances on the issue of learning for these children. According to the statements of the teachers, there is no planning of the specific pedagogical practice for the autistic children, and that the same ones are stimulated to carry out the same activities that the other children, not considering the own educational demands that result from the autism. It is concluded, therefore, that despite some advances regarding the guarantee of access of these children to education in regular education, it is still necessary to invest more in the qualification and continual training of teachers and child caregivers.