Alunos com transtorno do espectro autista nas escolas públicas de Marabá/PA: o que pensam os familiares?

Abstract

The association between family and school is primordial to detect the difficulties of apprenticeship that children can present. Treating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) it is essential that Family be able to provide the necessary help that they need in school development. In this view of reality the present work has for puporse to analyze the main difficulties and demands for part of the family members of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder students of a public elementary school in the city of Marabá-PA. The research had a qualitative approach, just how proposes Teixeira (2005) and as search technique was realized the use of focal group (TRAD, 2009) to rise the necessities and demands of family members. It is emphasized that present research has as inspiration the extension project of UNIFESSPA called Social support to family members of children with deficiency in the elementary school in the city of Marabá-PA. The data were analyzed by means of Analysis of ThematicCategorial Content systematized by Oliveira (2008). The analysis pointed to the formation of three big categories: demands involving family and the care; demands involving the school environment and the care, and demands involving the assistance and the care. Was verified that talk about the family importance of children with ASD for your potentiality development is a little elucidated thematic currently, being the social support to this families members very important for reducing the emotional overload that they find thyself and this way they can act for the autonomy and development of the child.