Psychologist's activity in the school inclusion of students with autism and intellectual deficiency

Abstract

The objective of the study was to operationalize the performance of the psychologist-researcher in the process of school inclusion of students with autism (ASD) and intellectual disability (DI), based on interventions applied by teachers and parents; and evaluate the reading and writing learning of the experimental group (exposed to interventions) and control. It was attended by 14 students, seven parents and nine teachers. The procedure involved the planning of the interventions, the training with the agents, the application of the interventions and supervision by the psychologist, post-test and follow-up. The performances of the control group did not present many variations between pre- and post-test. The experimental group went from zero to higher performance in the post-test (reading: 33%, 75% and 100% correct for others, written: 50%, 75%, 75% and 100% correct for the others). The performance of the psychologist contributed to the inclusion of students with ID and TEA, in spite of the segregating practices performed with this public, in previous decades.

Keywords:
Autism; intellectual disability; school inclusion