Alfabetização e deficiência intelectual : estudo sobre o desenvolvimento de habilidades fonológicas em crianças com Síndrome de Williams e Síndrome de Down

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Segin, Miriam
• Orientador(a): Carreiro, Luiz Renato Rodrigues
• Banca de defesa: Capovilla, Alessandra Gotuzo Seabra , Araújo, Marcos Vinícius de , Martins, Edna , Vóvio, Claudia Lemos
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento
• Departamento: Psicologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Síndrome de Down; Síndrome de Williams; leitura; escrita; consciência fonológica; conhecimento de letras
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Down Syndrome; Williams Syndrome; reading and writing; phonological awareness; letter knowledge
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/24534

The development of linguistic competences such as vocabulary, phonological awareness and letter knowledge are associated to the development of reading and writing skills in children with typical development. There are few studies about the development of such skills in children with development disorders associated with ID in various levels and specific linguistic profiles such as children with Down Syndrome (DS) and Williams Syndrome (WS). The objective of the present study was to develop and implement intervention procedures that involve training of phonological skills as an auxiliary strategy for the alphabetization process of 6 children, age range 9 to 11 years old, 3 of them with DS and 3 with WS, enrolled at regular education. To accomplish such objectives some tolls were selected to assess intellectual potential (WISC III, ludic observation sessions), behavioral profile (CBCL/6-18), receptive vocabulary (PPVT), understanding of verbal commands (TOKEN), phonological awareness skills (Phonological Awareness by Oral Production Test PCFO), syntactic awareness (Syntactic Awareness Test PCS), reading and writing (Reading and Writing Assessment Battery BALE). Besides the use of these tools, 32 sessions were carried out with the use of the phonic alphabetization software and ludic material (mobile alphabet, logic blocks, pencils and paper) as a complement to the intervention process. Participants were later reassessed though the Phonological Awareness by Oral Production Test (PCFO). CBCL/6-18 results for both groups indicated difficulties in accomplishing jobs and tasks, ability to play and work alone, academic performance, participation in organizations, attention problems, among others. PPVT results indicated that receptive vocabulary is significantly below the average for level of education and age. The assessment of verbal commands through TOKEN was impaired because 4 children did not have enough knowledge to take the test. Results for the Phonological Awareness by Oral Production Test (pre and post-intervention) and the Syntactic Awareness Test indicated large impairment with performances below the average for level of education and age. When taking the Reading and Writing Assessment Battery, children did not display enough skills to accomplish the tasks. It was possible to conclude that the stimulation through phonological awareness training promoted in this study with the help of Computer Phonic Alphabetization , particularly vocals and consonants subtests, lead to improvements in the recognition of the names of alphabet letters. The evolution presented by the participants considering that these children had been going to school for more than 3 or 4 years and still presented impairments in basic precursor abilities to the development of reading and writing skills, and that this was achieved in 32 sessions that took about 2 months, it is possible to consider this a significant progress. To sum up, the intervention procedure for the development of PA appears as a promising path for improving performance in these skills in children with ID.