Educação Física escolar e inclusão de alunos com Transtorno do Espectro do Autismo.

Abstract

The school inclusion of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Physical Education is a growing process in the current day and requires a work with well defined objectives in order to explore all the abilities and potentialities of these children. Therefore, this dissertation presents three studies. In the first one, a literature review was carried out with the objective of verifying the current production in this field and finding subsidies that would help the other studies. It was identified in this review the importance of Physical Education for the inclusion of students with ASD and some strategies that can help teachers. From this, an analysis of the inclusion process was carried out in a Brazilian educational context in which it was realized, through interviews with some Physical Education teachers, that the inclusion of students with ASD poses challenges and is a difficult process due to questions such as Lack of teacher training and the lack of adaptations and strategies in class with these students. Considering these issues, in study 3 an intervention was performed in which three Physical Education teachers adapted their classes according to the needs of their students with TEA and thus the effectiveness of these adaptations was verified in a practical way in the inclusion of these students. The results showed positive changes such as increased participation and interaction of students with ASD during Physical Education classes with the use of small strategies in the activities.