Transtorno do espectro autista (TEA), desafios e transformações diante do atual cenário de expressiva incidência escolar

Abstract

This Course Completion Work, presented to the Night Special Education course at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, RS), aims to investigate the challenges for special education in the training of its teachers so that they have the pedagogical conditions to meet the peculiarities and needs of students with ASD. The methodology was based on bibliographical research, of a qualitative nature, through the research of articles available in the Scielo base, from the last ten years. The two main texts of analysis were by the authors CAMARGO, Síglia Pimentel Höher; SILVA, Gabrielle Lenz Da, et all, from the year 2020 and FAVORETTO, Natalia Caroline; LAMÔNICA, Dionísia Aparecida Cusin, from 2014. The analysis of the studies shows the lack and consequently the need for greater specific investments in the area of inclusion of students with ASD. In both surveys, the educators interviewed mention receiving some type of information, material or course, but most of them claim that they are generic and not specific to the care of students with ASD. Research converges with the need to enforce the legislation in force in the country, especially those dealing with the mandatory inclusion and actions of Specialized Educational Assistance, in order to assist educators and the school in their activities and guarantee the right to education. education of students with ASD. It is concluded that the advances on the inclusion of students with ASD, for the most part, are still a challenge for both teachers and students, since the lack or scarcity of specific knowledge in the area of ASD is what was most observed throughout reading for this research, thus demanding investment from governments in this area of Education.