The knowledge of teachers in early childhood education on autism spectrum disorder
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Early Childhood Education, Teacher KnowledgeAbstract
The goal of this research was to identify the knowledge of Autism Spec-trum Disorder (ASD) by teachers of early childhood, to trace the profile of these professionals and measure if they feel prepared to work with stu dents with ASD. Punctuate important aspects in the preparation for work, relevant axes for these teachers in the work with these students, and difficulties encountered by the teachers. There were 300 teachers invited to participate in this study from the municipal network of Paulínia, State of São Paulo, and 98 teachers participated answering a specific questionnaire that measures their knowledge of the main features of ADS. The aspects pointed out as necessary for the work with ADS were: specialization courses and pedagogical support. Axes that teachers consider important to work with these students are communication, autonomy, and behavior. Aspects that teachers find greater difficulty to work with are communication and behavior. With the study, it was possible to show that, almost all teachers interviewed did not feel prepared to work with students with ASD, the level of graduation did not influence the evaluation of aspects that they consider important in the work with these students.
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