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- Title
Utilização de dispositivos assistivos por alunos com deficiência em escolas públicas.
- Authors
Bastos Plotegher, Carolina; Guillaumon Emmel, Maria Luísa; Cezar da Cruz, Daniel Marinho
- Abstract
Introduction: Assistive technology is an area of expanding knowledge in Brazil. Its use in school can help students with disabilities in performing important tasks to participate in different activities. Objectives: to report the experience of using assistive devices in the academic achievement of students with disabilities included in the regular school system of the municipality of Sao Carlos, state of Sao Paulo. Method: it was developed from an extension project conducted in 2010. Thirteen students with various types of disabilities participated in the project. The interventions were based on the School Function Assessment with the teachers to know the students' difficulties. The students were also observed performing school tasks. Results: Forty-seven adaptations were made: thickeners, rings for zippers, slants, communication boards, non-slip mats, among others. Besides the adjustments, orientation regarding use of the devices was provided for teachers and persons responsible for the students. Conclusion: we believe that the project benefited the students, because it produced higher academic achievement and provided better school conditions for their school inclusion. For the undergraduate students of Occupational Therapy, the project enabled the dealing with real issues of inclusion and school interventions, thus approaching theory to practice.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACADEMIC achievement; COMMUNICATION devices for people with disabilities; EXPERIENCE; STUDENTS with disabilities; PERSONNEL management; SCHOOL environment; SOCIAL participation; STUDENTS; WRITING; ASSISTIVE technology; FUNCTIONAL assessment
- Publication
Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional da UFSCar, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
0104-4931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4322/cto.2013.006