Treino Computadorizado Interativo para Capacitar Professores para Ensinar o Brincar Social a Crianças Diagnosticadas com TEA

Abstract

This study evaluated the efficiency of an Interactive Computer Training (ICT) to enable teachers to implement a social play procedure with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The dependent variable was the integrity of the application of social play, measured through the percentage of procedural components implemented correctly. The independent variable was the training via ICT. A multiple probe experimental design was implemented. Three triads of teacher, child with ASD, and child with typical development from a public school participated in this research. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the ICT, when complemented with punctual feedback. All teacher participants achieved performance accuracy higher than 90% within an average training time of 1h07min. They also maintained performance with 92.8% in the generalization phase. At the follow-up phase, one participant was unable to maintain the learning criterion of 90%, falling to 71.4%, while another reached 100%. The data from this research corroborate previous studies that suggest to the effectiveness and efficiency of training via ICT, as one more tool to teach competencies required to assist people diagnosed with ASD.