Avaliação funcional de crianças com deficiência intelectual: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The present case study brings the work with five children enrolled in a municipal school of Santa Maria, from the use of the evaluation instrument denominated Supports Intensity Scale (SIS-C) for Children and Adolescents, which it is at start of validation for the Brazilian culture, linked at the Federal Universities of Santa Maria and Paraná. We left a brief contextualization about the terminological and theoretical modifications about the intellectual disability what is considered important to understand the current moment of disability in school scope. Was approached, also, during the present study, definitions about the evaluation forms and the support needs what is intimately related to application and the results of SIS Scale. The scales were applied through an interviewer and the interviewed. In the scale instructions is presented for what respondents be people that knows very well the student may include parents, family members and teachers. So, we determine the importance of the interviewed be the parents and/or responsible of Students, thus how was interviewed also the student. After the applications end, were realized the individual and general analysis of obtained results through the scales, and posteriorly observed the most embracing needs of each student. Thus, we understand the importance of this evaluation instrument to understand in which areas the individual need of more or less support. Based on that, is possible build Individualized Plans of each student, according to their support needs, prioritizing the learning and the development of the subject in a multidimensional view making possible the interaction of family, of school, of community and of the different contexts where he is it inserted.