Perfil comportamental, competências de leitura e desempenho acadêmico de escolares surdos

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Damião Michael Rodrigues de
• Orientador(a): Teixeira, Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz
• Banca de defesa: Capovilla, Alessandra Gotuzo Seabra , Mesquita, Maria Luiza Guedes de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• 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: surdez; leitura; competências sociais; problemas de comportamento; inclusão escolar
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: deafness; reading; social competences; behavioral problems; educational inclusion
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO::TOPICOS ESPECIFICOS DE EDUCACAO::EDUCACAO ESPECIAL
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/22564

The school is supposed to provide deaf students with differentiated teaching strategies so that they can develop skills for proper academic performance and adapt to the educational, social and familiar environment. The present study is focused on this context and has the objective of verifying associations between reading skills and performance on standardized tests of specific knowledge in deaf students, as well as characterizing their behavioral profile. The sample was composed of 33 participants: 15 students with hearing impairment, age range 13 to 22 years old (Mean=18,2; SD=3,07), 8 female and 7 male, enrolled in public schools at Iguatu, Ceara; and 18 educators (teachers, sign language translators and interpreters). The tools for data collection were: a) Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); b) Word and Pseudoword Reading Competence Test (WPRCT); c) Sentence Reading Test (SRT); d) Youth Self-Report for Ages 11-18 (YSF); e) Adult Self-Report for Ages 18-59 (ASR); Questionnaire of the Brazilian Association of Population Studies; f) Semi-structured interview; g) average of Portuguese and mathematics. The instructions of the instruments were translated into Brazilian Sign Language - Libras. Qualitative analyses of the interviews and quantitative analyses of the tests were carried out through the use of parametric and non-parametric statistics. The main results were: a) deaf students presented indicators of normal general functioning with significant impairment in socialization and adaptive functioning competences; b) the main critical items of self-reported behavioral problems were difficulties to concentrate, feeling unhappy, alcoholic beverages intake, obsessive thoughts and excessive crying; c) discrepancy between academic performance in Portuguese and Mathematics with the performance on standardized tests of language and receptive vocabulary; d) average academic performance in Portuguese and Mathematics, which expressively differed from the poor results in PPVT, WPRCT and SRT; e) the worst performances at WPRCT were verified in items that assess reading standards of incorrectly spelled words with phonological changes and words phonologically and visually strange; f) oralized students had a better average performance than non-oralized ones in WPRCT and PPVT; g) no significant statistic correlations were verified between the oralization condition and schooling deficit; h) lack of communication between teacher and student in the classroom was one of the most cited aspects related to difficulties in the inclusion process; i) positive average correlations among indicators of performance in vocabulary tests and SRT, behavioral problems indicators and number of schooling deficit years; j) negative average correlations between behavioral problems indicators and performance at reading and vocabulary tests. It is possible to conclude that, although the study had a small sample, participants presented a significant delay in the development of language skills considering their poor test results. Clinical or borderline behavioral problems were not observed. Deaf students, however, mention emotional difficulties (critical items) that are likely to cause future impairments in their psychosocial adaptation if not treated properly. It is probable that impairments in language competences have interfered with the communicative and socialization competences of the sample. Such competences were in fact impaired according to the students self-report. Teachers lack of preparation for the inclusion of deaf students was confirmed again and corroborates a difficulty that has been indicated by previous studies about flaws in the inclusion process of students with special educational needs in the country.