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Cartilha educativa para pessoas idosas que vivem com Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-02-26) LOBATO, Alyne Maciel; SOUZA, Ana Carolina Contente Braga de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0609863332556837
Diabetes Mellitus is a complex chronic condition characterized by hyperglycemia and metabolic dysregulations. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2), the most common type of diabetes, is marked by the progressive and irreversible loss of insulin secretion by pancreatic β cells, associated with resistance to insulin action in peripheral tissues, resulting in a higher incidence and late diagnosis. Treatment requires a multifaceted approach, especially in older people, who face additional challenges due to aging. This includes lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise and medication administration, as well as the need for health education to promote treatment adherence and self-care. The DM2 approach demands a holistic view of the patient, considering the particularities of aging. Given the above, the study aims to develop an educational booklet for elderly people living with DM2, aiming to provide easyto-understand information, self-care guidelines and information records. The study is characterized as qualitative and descriptive, divided into two stages: the review of publications from the last five years (2018-2023) on the subject in the VHL, Scielo, Periódicos Capes and Pubmed databases and the development of an assistive technology in the format of primer. 725 results related to the theme proposed during the search were identified. Of these, 111 studies were selected to support the study in question. Among these, 17 studies were highlighted as main results and guided the discussion of the topics. Subsequently, the booklet was created, covering everything from the presentation of what type 2 diabetes is, to the self-care process and recommendations for elderly people. It is concluded, based on the conduct of this study, that the process of health education for the elderly population is essential. Consequently, it aims to strengthen self-care practices, increase adherence to medication therapy, promote lifestyle changes and raise awareness about the importance of preventing complications in elderly people living with DM2. Such measures aim to improve the overall quality of life of these individuals.
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Um estudo sobre o uso da tecnologia assistiva no ensino de ciências para alunos com transtorno do espectro autista: criação do aplicativo e software educacional Casulo TEA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2022-01-31) PANTOJA, Bianca de Fátima Fonseca Jardim; ARAÚJO, Marcelo Marques de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0186126063457328; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8251-806X
This research discusses the process of development and validation of the application and software "Casulo TEA", which targets students with Autism Spectrum Disorder – ASD, the general objective was the creation of the Application and educational software, focused on the process of teaching and learning the theme of the human body. This program functions as an Assistive Technology, as it serves as a tool to support the teaching and learning process in science teaching. Both the application and the software are composed of the phases: skeleton; body parts; accessibility and hygiene. This work is a case study, and a qualitative research, conducted with three students with ASD, nine science teachers and a Psychopedagogist as collaborators, in a federal college in the state of Pará. The investigation had the theoretical contribution of Vygotsky on learning and development; of Mantoan (2011; 2019); of Chiote (2019); Pletsch and Damasceno (2009) and Ferrari (2012) to address the issue of education, from an inclusive perspective; of Mól (2019) to work on Science teaching from an inclusive perspective; of Bersch (2017) and Ávila et al. (2013) on Assistive Technology; and Chassot (2000) for scientific literacy; among others. With this theoretical framework, the author problematizes the teaching and learning process of the curricular component of Sciences, aboute the "Human Body", and performs the validation test, with three students with ASD, with different levels of the disorder. In the elaboration of the "Casulo", it was decided to use multimedia audio and video resources, in order to work attention and concentration of students through sensory resources. The results of the application/validation of the "Casulo TEA" was confirmed, both in relation to its applicability and its functionality, in both results were positive, exceeding expectations, significant results were obtained, as it was verified the relevance of the application and the software for serving as "mediators" of the learning process, since they were very specific, meeting the methodological demands of students with the three different degrees of ASD: severe, moderate and mild. Thus, the "Casulo TEA" assisted students in understanding the object of human body knowledge, because after the use of it, it was found that the students identified hygiene objects, body parts, function and classification of bones. Therefore, the "Casulo TEA" was considered as a tool to support the teaching and learning process for students with ASD. It is believed that these educational products, be able to mediate and enhance the teaching and learning process, assist in the autonomy of students, besides collaborating with the construction of knowledge about the human body for subjects with ASD, who, due to the disorder, have sensory specificities that can affect their body perceptions and their learning process, hence the importance of the work developed from the socio-historical perspective, based on Vygotsky (2001), which advocates the capacity of human learning through language mediation taking into account the cultural relationship of the human being with the world in which it is inserted.
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Iniciativas inovadoras que promovem acessibilidade
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2020-05-28) VIEIRA, Mayara de Oliveira; VAZ, Cristina Lúcia Dias; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5829728118120411
This work is the result of an investigation into "Innovative initiatives that promote accessibility" and started from the following question: which innovative processes and/or products promote accessibility for people with disabilities within higher education? It has, as its methodological field, the method of cartography from the perspective of an intervention research in order to make visible subjective processes and monitor both objective and subjective processes. The study sought to investigate processes and/or products with the potential to promote communicational, architectural or instrumental and attitudinal accessibility, either by solving a problem or by a new approach. To this purpose, three research territories were chosen. In the first one, on Communication Accessibility, the "KitAcesso" was researched and produced, consisting of five applications, five info graphics, a workshop and an informative blog. The applications were selected through curatorship, specialized readings, supervised internship guidance and searches on websites supported by selection criteria. Info graphics were elaborated as a form of documentation. For the production of the research data, a workshop was held on the processes developed and, finally, the creation of a blog to disseminate of the kit. The second territory, on Accessibility with Rapid Prototyping, there was also the process of research and production of "KitAccessSol" compounded by the solution of two accessibility problems. The first one on architectural and instrumental accessibility through the design, model and 3D printing of a keyboard adapted for people with low vision. The second one on architectural accessibility through the design and model of a mobile ramp access to the drinking fountain of the postgraduate building in the Instituto de Tecnologia da UFPA. The kit also includes a on the adapted keyboard construction process. These problems were investigated during a curatorship of projects, programs and products on free websites on rapid prototyping and during a survey in the accessibility coordination of UFPA. To the third territory, on Attitudinal Accessibility by Art, the film "The Shape of Water" was chosen to reflect on attitudinal accessibility seeking to understand how film language can reinforce stereotypes, myths and prejudices that were historically and culturally built, as well as in order to contribute to dialogue on inclusion. The cartography from these territories went the long way along both the elaboration of laws that ensure rights of people with disabilities and in the construction of processes and/or products that promote accessibility, particularly in higher education, with an approach that sought to be broad, but considering important particularities. There is a great lack of knowledge about applications that help people with disabilities and it is necessary to promote digital literacy on accessibility at the university. Despite technological advances, the 3D printer is still little used at the university level as a tool to promote accessibility, a few simple and low cost projects in Assistive Technology are implemented and there is a lack of trained professionals in this area. As for attitudinal accessibility, there is a great silence that needs to be broken, we believe that Art is a promising way as it approaches sensitivity to promote encounters, which can mean the changes we have dreamed of and a more inclusive society.
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Integrando tecnologias para leitura em crianças com paralisia cerebral na educação inclusiva
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2010-05-28) OLIVEIRA, Ana Irene Alves de; GAROTTI, Marilice Fernandes; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2218504886013525; ASSIS, Grauben José Alves de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0722706223558223
Cerebral palsy is a chronic disease characterized by a dysfunction predominantly sensorymotor disorders involving muscle tone, posture and voluntary movement, presenting a diversity of clinical characteristics that may be aggravated by limitations of knowledge and life experiences, being considered, often, the mentally disabled because they can not express themselves and not interact functionally in most cases, unable to articulate speech or hold a pencil to learn to write, compromising, often, the process of learning and literacy, together with a flawed methodology and inappropriate for the difficulties that these children are in the process of acquiring the prerequisites for reading and writing. Even with all its limitations are keen to interact with the world and provide indicative that the difficulties can be eliminated or minimized if learning technologies and support are nurtured. It is proposed to three studies a documentary and two experimental. The studies were developed in the Center for Development in Assistive Technology and Accessibility - NEDETA. The first, being a data collection to characterize children with cerebral palsy treated at NEDETA. The second and third integrating technology education based on the paradigm of stimulus equivalence, associated with the resources of Assistive Technology. Study 2 consisted of motor training with 03 steps: Step 1 - Drive with toys, Step 2 - Drive to your computer without selection; Step 3 - Drive with selection and Study 3, with 4 stages, Stage I involved the pretest , consisting of the application of the evaluation software Develops ® performed in study 1 and the reading tests of the taught words and words of widespread identity. Phase II involved two steps: Step 1. Teaching relations of identity and Step 2. Teaching arbitrary relations. Step 1 showed a sub step consisted of widespread identity test. Step 2 was a sub step consisted of testing equivalence. Phase III consisted of reading test recombination with six new words that were formed from the syllables of the words teaching. Finishing procedures were reapplied assessment Develops Software ®., All the stages and phases of the study 2 and 3 were developed using assistive technology, developing, and computer applications for teaching basic prerequisites for learning reading. The results provide evidence that the teaching procedure used promoted to one of four participants, the six generalized recombinational reading new words, the two other participants to read recombinational three new words and one of the participants failed to reach this stage by not have documented equivalence classes. The procedures used in this thesis suggest that the systematic manipulation of smaller units that the word may be a promising strategy for the development of reading, combining the paradigm of stimulus equivalence with phonological awareness exercises. TA and resources can contribute and promote inclusive education of students with PC, expanding their social interactions and minimizing academic difficulties.
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A leitura tátil e os efeitos da desbrailização em aulas de matemática
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-03-23) MORAES, Marcos Evandro Lisboa de; SALES, Elielson Ribeiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5467537517169068; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-582X
This study address the use of means of the Braille code in order to make the visually impaired student get hold of mathematical structures with a view to using math elements, from math in Braille in public school in the city of Belém / Pará, with the motivating question: what the consequences of the effects of desbrailização in math lessons to a blind student elementary school, being to objective of the research, analyzing the effects of Desbrailização school math classes to a blind student included in teaching regular. In this sense habitat, the visually impaired students need to analyze, at all times, information reaching them in order to make decisions that may be more convenient and adjusted with the teacher mediations, interacting with the student more effectively and thus make that tasks take another direction. Methodologically, instruments such as interviews, footage, depositions, class accompaniments in no regular educational environment were necessary for the purpose of the study was developed in the research perspective with qualitative approach. Also semi- structured interviews were part of the data collection framework. In this study, we saw that, to stimulate the process of teaching and learning, there was the need to establish more consistent strategies in order to attract more students, preferably exploring as much as possible, tactile perception, and in this case was created one educational product adapted to substantiate the study of angles, encouraging the writing and reading Braille. The results showed the lack of preparation of materials in Braille for visually impaired students resulting in episodes of desbrailização and the need for research in order to point out ways that reduce the obstacles faced by students in condition of disability.
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As percepções de atores da educação especial ante a atuação enquanto ledor para pessoas com deficiência visual
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2023-04-06) MORAES, Marcos Evandro Lisboa de; SALES, Elielson Ribeiro de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5467537517169068; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-582X
The research deals the specific preparation of education professionals in the condition of Ledor for advising people with visual impairments. It aims to analyze how professionals working in this area interact due to the appropriation of perceptions during this preparation. The condition of accessibility instrument, while training, conducts this research. In this sense, an attempt was made to answer the question: How are the perceptions of special education professionals during Ledor training for people with visual impairments? The support of Vygotsky's defectology fundamentals and elements of the theoretical-philosophical assumptions verified in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations about language and conceptualizations with reflections about “seeing and seeing as” according to Gottschalk's considerations (2006), supported our added research with focal aspects on visual impairment/debrailization: Moraes (2016), conceptualization: Barros (2016), parameterization: Carlomagno and Rocha (2016), training: Gonçalves (2000), ledor: Machado (2020) and Canuto (2022) among others . This contribution enabled dialogues about the path and perceptions of research collaborators, participants of the Ledor 2021 course, carried out at the request of Professor Arlindo Gomes de Paula, former Director of UEES Prof. Campos Asterio. The qualitative methodology used in the research text covers preparation to act in accessibility to reading both common texts and graphic variations. The construction of this Ledor instrument is justified because in the Pará market there was no pedagogical tool that met the demand to work in the condition of Ledor. The thesis showed the feasibility of preparing an instrumental Ledor for people with visual impairments, that there are issues proposed by institutions that promote selective processes that are against the grain of the inclusive process and there is a necessity to apply a national educational policy for the description of images in schooling of basic education.