The high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome are pervasive developmental disorders, that among other simptoms, present in higher or lower level alteration in communicative and social abilities. This study was ...

Municipal elementary schools receive most of the students from K 8th grade and the number of enrollments of students with special needs has increased nationwide as a result of the implementation of municipal policies for ...

The capability to use the language is essential for the acquisition of the symbolic systems and to improve the interpersonal relationships; his/her full development depends on the cognitive abilities and social adaptative ...

The disabled people s right to work, guaranteed by the Brazilian constitution, resulted in the effective inclusion of these people in the labor market. In order to ensure this right it was created compensatory benefits, ...

The wish to express ourselves is vital and it comes from the efforts of human beings to satisfy physical and emotional needs. It is necessary to interact with other human beings in order to survive, find protection and ...

Few people with High Abilities/Giftedness are identified in Brazil, and fewer are those that receive satisfactory service to develop their full potential. The field needs more production of knowledge, mainly focusing on ...

The increasing number of disabled students in higher education has raised issues that were, in the past, focused on basic education. Those issues create now an urgent need in higher education for physical infrastructure, ...

Currently, in Brazil, education for deaf people prioritizes the bilingual approach, in which the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) is taught as the first language, and the written Portuguese Language is taught as the ...

Language is essential to pass on complex concepts and allows the human being to communicate. In Behavior Analysis, the term verbal behavior has been used instead of language because it suggests its environmental ...

Some social skills are crucial to contribute to friendship formation, social support and work satisfaction; moreover, the social skilled behaviors have been identified as a pre requisite for workers with disabilities to ...