Avaliação das atividades de crianças com paralisia cerebral na escola regular : participação, níveis de auxílio e desempenho.
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2007-05-31Autor
Silva, Daniela Baleroni Rodrigues
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Facing the great debate on the inclusion of students with special needs, this study investigated
the involvement, level of support and activities performances of children with cerebral palsy
on the school context through the School Function Assessment ( SFA ). It also demonstrates
the valuation s contributions through the presentation of a case on the identification of the
capacities and limitation of those students and also to determine possible intervention points
along with the teacher. On this study, 10 teachers and their respective students with cerebral
palsy of public and private schools in São Paulo and neighbor cities were involved. Was
applied the SFA the consists of a test in questionary s format systematized answered by the
teachers. The results indicated children s involvement were more restricted on the restrooms,
transportation and transitions, once that those environments demanded practice of physical
tasks such as go to the restrooms, managing clothes flushing the toilet, embark and disembark
of schools transportation and move inside the school. It also notable high levels of assistance
on the execution of those tasks and minimal or no adaptation in environment as restrooms or
adapted vehicles, such as a flat surface of easy access at schools. Also, the use of mobility
resources such as crutches and walkers consisted as important facilitators of participation,
opposite of the students who moved helped by other people. Regarding the cognitive/behavior
aspects required at school like memory, attention, communication and integration with
classmates and adults, it s notable that happened minimal limitation that consists in favorable
points for inclusion in regular schools. It is also accentuated the importance of special
education professionals such as occupational therapists, physical therapists, on the school
environment in order to accomplish the as with the teachers to potentiate the participation
those students. Also, it s necessary governmental actions for introduce environment s
adaptations at schools.