Avaliação das necessidades de apoio de crianças e adolescentes com deficiência intelectual no município de Santo Ângelo/RS

Abstract

This study is part of a set of research developed in the Study and Research Group on Special Education and Intellectual Disability (GEPEEDI), using a quantitative-qualitative methodological approach, carried out through the project "Process of Evaluation and Planning of Support Needs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in the Municipality of Santo Ângelo/RS”. Thus, we sought to analyze the domains of support needs of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities in the municipality of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul State, giving subsidies to educators and educational management of the municipality to develop intervention strategies with students with Intellectual Disabilities. Twenty-one children and adolescents (5 to 16 years old) with intellectual disabilities (ID) participated in the research. The research was conducted in the city of Santo Ângelo, with the following data source: the Support Intensity Scale (SIS-C), applied between 2021 and 2022. From this on, it stands out for the analysis of the results of the study that the greatest needs for support are in the domains of School Learning, Self-advocacy and Community Life. Therefore, it demonstrates the importance of developing plans and strategies that enhance these areas, in order to stimulate adaptive skills, enabling greater autonomy and optimizing school inclusion. In this sense, to conclude this work, subsidies were offered to the educators and educational management of the municipality, contemplating the objectives of this work.