O Professor de apoio como mediador na aprendizagem de alunos com transtorno do espectro autista (TEA) em uma escola pública no município de Amargosa/BA

Abstract

The present monographic study brings some relevant reflections about the teaching and learning process of autistic children, as well as the inclusion of these students in the regular network of teaching, and the teacher plays a fundamental role in this process. In order to achieve a better understanding of the pertinent questions of the present research, the following main objective was defined: to understand how the support teacher would help the teaching and learning process of students with ASD in the regular network of teaching, as well as their inclusion , providing their cognitive and affective development. And it has specific objectives: to perceive the relationship between the teacher of mediator support and the students with ASD; analyze the methodology used by the support teacher as mediator in the teaching and learning process of students with ASD; understand how the adapted activities used by the mediator teacher in their methodologies, help in the cognitive development of students with ASD. For the development of the research was used the qualitative methodology of research, which has great relevance for a better understanding of the social phenomena in their totality. In this way, for the data collection, the bibliographical review and field research with semi-structured interviews were used as instruments. In this sense, some theoretical contributions were used that contributed to a better understanding of the theme, such as: Alexandre (2015). Costa (2017); Fernandes e Silva (2016); Ferreira (2017); Melo (2014); Silva (2018) and Sousa (2015). In summary, the proposed theme allowed a better understanding of the inclusion and teaching and learning process of autistic children in school spaces, as well as the importance of the teacher in the classroom. Given this, as discussed throughout the text, we can see the great relevance of the school for the personal and social formation of all those involved in this process. To that end, the discussions throughout the text show the challenges that need to be overcome in regular educational networks, in the education of autistic children.