An observational study on the interactions of children/teens with Intellectual disability no regular education

Authors

  • Francine Cristine Garghetti Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina
  • Adriano Henrique Nuernberg Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
  • José Gonçalves Medeiros Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644415934

Keywords:

Special Education, Intellectual disability, School inclusion.

Abstract

This study characterized the children/adolescents interactions with intellectual disabilities that are included in the regular education by a naturalistic observation of children/adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities in school environment. The quantitative analysis was conducted by descriptive statistics procedures and qualitative analysis focused on the discussion on quantified data. The behavior was classified into three categories (academic interactions; non-academic interactions, no interactions). The persons with disabilities had a higher percentage in three of the five academic behaviors. In non-academic interactions, considering the nine subcategories, they had higher frequency in three. In non-recorded interactions, the rates between groups are identical. There was little difference in the types of interactions presented by the children/adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities and low incidence of resistance to colleagues in different condition or disability.

Author Biographies

Francine Cristine Garghetti, Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina

Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (2012). Possui especialização em Gestão de Pessoas pela Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó - UNOCHAPECÓ (2009) e graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó - UNOCHAPECÓ (2007). Atualmente é professora na Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina - UNOESC, na Unidade de Chapecó. Atua também como psicóloga na Prefeitura Municipal de Chapecó. Ministra disciplinas, orienta pesquisas e supervisiona estágios nas áreas de Saúde, Educação, Desenvolvimento Infantil, Avaliação Psicológica, Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, Deficiência e Dificuldades de Aprendizagem.

Adriano Henrique Nuernberg, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Psicologia.

José Gonçalves Medeiros, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Psicologia.

Published

2015-05-29

How to Cite

Garghetti, F. C., Nuernberg, A. H., & Medeiros, J. G. (2015). An observational study on the interactions of children/teens with Intellectual disability no regular education. Education, 40(2), 451–464. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644415934

Issue

Section

Continuous Demand