Percepção de professores sobre o Transtorno do Espectro Autístico, levantamento e caracterização de escolares de berçário ao 2º Ano do Ensino Fundamental

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the perceptions of teachers related to the Autism Spectrum disorder and calculate the number of children with characteristics of the spectrum inserted in Dourados/MS Municipal Schools. Besides characterizing children with Autism Spectrum signals identified by their teachers in the first stage of this study. For data collection, a survey of children with Autism Spectrum signs form was developed and used along with the CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale), these instruments were answered by teachers of the Municipal Schools, which work especially in Children's Education and early years of elementary school. The questionnaire was administered to 326 teachers, and by means of this, we tried to raise the teachers' doubts and knowledge about the ASD. As a resultwe obtained the number of 25 children identified with the disorder. This identification has gone through two phases: the first made through the form and the second from the CARS. The purpose of this survey is to collaborate in the identification as early as possible ofthe signs of the disorder in children by their teachers, so that these individuals identified with ASD signals can beguided to existing interventions as early as possible. The diagnosis of this disorder is still unclear, that is why it is relevant the existence of works not only focused on the issue of identification of signs and typical characteristics of ASD, but also facing the teacher's role in dealing with this child. The results presented in this study allow us to conclude that the identification of signs of autism in student by teachers is essential for early interventions to happen, and this can make a big difference in the school lives of these students, stimulating cognitive development and skill acquisition. Future research can investigate practices of identification that are possible in the school environment and may provide greater space and time for completing the instruments and further explanation of the characteristics of ASD.