A educação musical na Educação Especial: contribuições ao sujeito com Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA)

Abstract

In the field of special education, new pedagogical approaches are increasingly studied and applied in order to expand the learning and well being of students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In this context, one of the most promising activities are those involving music. Thus, the present work aimed to investigate and understand the benefits and challenges of music education for individuals with ASD. Additionally, to demonstrate that music can also be used in the construction of cognitive knowledge and in social interaction among students, we tried to identify methods to insert this practice in the regular classroom where students are inserted, and not only in the Specialized Educational Assistance. In this way, interventions were carried out within the Supervised Internship in Cognitive Deficit, in a regular classroom, where students with ASD are found, along with written records made with mothers of two girls with ASD. From the qualitative analysis of the written records and the bibliographic review of articles, texts and books on the subject, it was concluded that music is presented as an educational strategy of great value within special education, since it stimulates, beyond musical knowledge, the creativity, autonomy and interaction, among others, cognitive issues of students with this condition.