The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers

Myelomeningocele is a congenital malformation that affects the fetus during pregnancy. It can causes numerous consequences for the development of the child and consequently in their schooling process. So, there are several challenges that can be experienced by these children in their inclusion at sc...

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Main Authors: Caroline Penteado Assis, Cláudia Maria Simões Martinez
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) 2011-06-01
Series:Revista Educação Especial
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Online Access:http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/educacaoespecial/article/view/1508
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description Myelomeningocele is a congenital malformation that affects the fetus during pregnancy. It can causes numerous consequences for the development of the child and consequently in their schooling process. So, there are several challenges that can be experienced by these children in their inclusion at school. The use of assistive technology in the school context has been implanted with goal to high from the functional abilities of these students. In Brazil are conducted a lot of studies to know the reality of children with myelomeningocele. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate, from the teacher ́s perspective of regular and multifunctional class, as was the process of schooling for students with myelomeningocele sequelae and resource utilization of assistive technology in the school context. The participants of this research were seven teachers and four students with myelomeningocele sequels enclosed in regular scholl.The researcher confectioned the instruments used in interviews. Data were analyzed using content of interview analysis. The results reveal that there are present challenges for inclusion of students with myelomeningocele sequelae and that teachers did not use assistive technology resources at school. It is considered that for the real practice of educational inclusion of these students the knowledge about meningomyelocele and various technologies that can be used in the school context must be published.
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spelling doaj.art-0682cbb44270410a895f1647d26cfd9b2022-12-21T18:45:58ZporUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)Revista Educação Especial1808-270X1984-686X2011-06-01119311110.5902/1984686X15081641The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachersCaroline Penteado Assis0Cláudia Maria Simões Martinez1Universidade Federal de São CarlosUniversidade Federal de São CarlosMyelomeningocele is a congenital malformation that affects the fetus during pregnancy. It can causes numerous consequences for the development of the child and consequently in their schooling process. So, there are several challenges that can be experienced by these children in their inclusion at school. The use of assistive technology in the school context has been implanted with goal to high from the functional abilities of these students. In Brazil are conducted a lot of studies to know the reality of children with myelomeningocele. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate, from the teacher ́s perspective of regular and multifunctional class, as was the process of schooling for students with myelomeningocele sequelae and resource utilization of assistive technology in the school context. The participants of this research were seven teachers and four students with myelomeningocele sequels enclosed in regular scholl.The researcher confectioned the instruments used in interviews. Data were analyzed using content of interview analysis. The results reveal that there are present challenges for inclusion of students with myelomeningocele sequelae and that teachers did not use assistive technology resources at school. It is considered that for the real practice of educational inclusion of these students the knowledge about meningomyelocele and various technologies that can be used in the school context must be published.http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/educacaoespecial/article/view/1508myelomeningoceleschool inclusionassistive technology.
spellingShingle Caroline Penteado Assis
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The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers
Revista Educação Especial
myelomeningocele
school inclusion
assistive technology.
title The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers
title_full The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers
title_fullStr The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers
title_full_unstemmed The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers
title_short The school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students: a view of the teachers
title_sort school inclusion and use of assistive technology with myelomeningocele sequelae students a view of the teachers
topic myelomeningocele
school inclusion
assistive technology.
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