Aquatic therapy is a method of prevention and rehabilitation of handicap. Its specialized learning methods enables motor training and independence in the fluid environment and, therefore, provides a better life quality ...

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 ...

The debates on the production and dissemination of the knowledge in Special Education, produced essentially in the Graduate Programe in Education, Special Education and Psychology in Brazil, are increasing and, in general ...

The objectives of this work were to analyze the language development of deaf children using a cochlear implant (CI) through a longitudinal study using the Reynell Developmental Language Scales (RDLS), to compare the ...

In the last few decades, it seems to be increasing the number of families who find difficulties to educate its children. The most frequent parents concerns are: the difficulty of establishing limits to the behavior of ...

Empathy is important in the maintenance interpersonal relationships, and cam be considered a behavior protective factor for behavior problem. This work is aimed at describing and evaluating empathy in two sisters with ...

Although the importance of learning disabilities has been recognized since many years, the high rates of failure in various series of fundamental teaching still preoccupy researchers of several areas. Recognizing the ...

People with autism display a number of marked deficits in communication, symbolic or imaginative activities, reciprocal social interaction and the presence of a pattern of restrict behavior. Follow-up studies indicate that ...

Changes in society bring a new way of familiar organization and a new look at the participation of the man in this context. Although the father s importance has been recognized, on Brazil, there are few studies which aim ...

ABSTRACT The investments in Science and Technology have improved the quality of life. Researches dealing with persons with special educational needs had extended the knowledge about this population group and had supported ...