RESUMO
En este trabajo se presenta el diseño, la implementación y la evaluación de un programa de intervención educativa para un estudiante con diagnóstico de hipoacusia severa, ceguera congénita, discapacidad intelectual y motriz. La finalidad de la intervención es mejorar la conexión del niño con el entorno y trabajar la anticipación de acontecimientos en su vida diaria. Para ello se trabajan principalmente tres áreas de desarrollo: adaptativa, motora y cognitiva. Los resultados obtenidos en las evaluaciones pretest y postest reflejan ligeras mejoras en los tres ámbitos tras la intervención, y por tanto, una evolución en la edad de desarrollo del estudiante. Algunas de las conclusiones más relevantes son que el trabajo individualizado con personas con discapacidad múltiple influye positivamente en su desarrollo, y que existe una falta de instrumentos de evaluación estandarizados que se adapten a las características de las personas con discapacidades múltiples y severas.
Neste estudo apresenta-se a configuração, a implementação e a avaliação de um programa de intervenção educativa para um estudante com diagnóstico de hipoacusia severa, cegueira congênita, deficiência intelectual e motora. A finalidade da intervenção é melhorar a conexão da criança com o entorno e trabalhar a antecipação de acontecimentos em sua vida diária. Para isso trabalham-se principalmente três áreas de desenvolvimento: adaptativa, motora e cognitiva. Os resultados obtidos nas avaliações pré-teste e pós-teste indicam melhora nos três âmbitos após a intervenção, e por tanto, uma leve evolução na idade de desenvolvimento do estudante. Algumas das conclusões mais relevantes são que o trabalho individualizado com pessoas com deficiência múltipla influi positivamente em seu desenvolvimento, e que existe uma falta de instrumentos de avaliação estandardizadas que se adaptem às características das pessoas com deficiências múltiplas e severas.
This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of an educational intervention program for a student with a diagnosis of severe hearing loss, congenital blindness and intellectual and motor disability. The aim of the intervention is to improve the child's connection with the environment and to work on anticipating events in his daily life. For that purpose, three areas of development are mainly worked: adaptive, motor and cognitive. The results obtained in pretest and posttest evaluation reflect slight improvements in the three areas after the intervention, and therefore, an evolution in the student's developmental age. Some of the most relevant conclusions are that individualized work with people with multiple disabilities positively influences their development, and that there is a lack of standardized assessment instruments adapted to the characteristics of people with multiple and severe disabilities.
Assuntos
Cegueira , Pessoas com Deficiência , Educação Inclusiva , Perda AuditivaRESUMO
Resumen Las etiquetas diagnósticas de dislexia y dificultades específicas de aprendizaje en lectura pueden considerarse, desde un punto de vista teórico, como prácticamente sinónimas. Sin embargo, la elección de un término u otro por parte del profesorado conlleva ciertas connotaciones que pueden ejercer una notable influencia en las percepciones de los docentes sobre estos estudiantes. El propósito del presente estudio fue determinar si las etiquetas de dislexia y dificultades específicas de aprendizaje en lectura influyen en el sentimiento de autoeficacia de un grupo de futuros docentes. Para ello se administró un cuestionario de 14 preguntas tipo Likert con 9 opciones a 242 estudiantes de los grados de Maestro/a en Educación Infantil y Maestro/a en Educación Primaria de la Universidad de Valencia que no tenían conocimientos previos sobre el tema que se trata en el cuestionario. Un grupo cumplimentó una versión del cuestionario en el que se preguntaba sobre la dislexia y otro grupo cumplimentó otra versión en la que la palabra "dislexia" se sustituía por el término "dificultades específicas de aprendizaje en lectura". Tras el análisis de los datos, se obtuvieron diferencias estadísticamente significativas, en las que el término "dislexia" parece ser percibido por los futuros docentes como una dificultad más compleja de afrontar, en comparación con el término "dificultades específicas del aprendizaje en lectura". Los resultados no señalaron la existencia de diferencias ni entre género ni entre especialidad (infantil/primaria). Esto indica que durante la formación inicial del profesorado se debería profundizar más en la comprensión de los términos "dislexia" y "dificultades de aprendizaje en lectura".
Abstract The diagnostic labels of "dyslexia" and "reading learning disability" can be considered from a theoretical point of view as practically synonymous, according to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5; APA, 2013). However, the teachers' choice of one term or another carries certain connotations that could have a significant influence on their perceptions. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the labels of dyslexia and reading learning disability influence the feeling of self-efficacy of a group of pre-service teachers. Self-efficacy beliefs refer to the judgment that a person makes about their own ability to perform a certain action or task successfully. According to previous research, the study of teachers' self-efficacy beliefs is relevant because they are directly related to the academic performance of students. Moreover, these beliefs are also related to teachers' attitudes towards educational inclusion of students with specific needs of educational support, in which students with dyslexia or reading learning disability are included. In this study, a questionnaire of 14 Likert-type questions with 9 options was administered to 242 students of the Early Childhood and Primary Education Teachers degrees of the University of Valencia. These students had no previous knowledge on the subject that was treated in the questionnaire in the moment that they filled it out. The instrument was adapted from a questionnaire used in the study of Gibbs & Elliot (2015). These authors adapted it from the original one, Teachers' Sense of Efficacy for Literacy Instruction Scale (TSELI), designed by Tschannen-Moran & Johnson (2011). The questions were about the beliefs that pre-service teachers had about their own effectiveness and ability in teaching students with dyslexia or reading learning disability. There were also some questions regarding participants' demographic information. A group of pre-service teachers filled out a version of the questionnaire asking about dyslexia and another group filled out another version where the word "dyslexia" was replaced by the term "reading learning disability". After collecting the data, a statistical analysis was carried out with two purposes. One of them was to know if the use of two different diagnostic labels influences the pre-service teachers' self-efficacy beliefs. The other one was to find out if there were statistically significant differences regarding gender and the different specializations that the pre-service teachers were studying (early childhood education or primary education). After data analysis, statistically significant differences were obtained, finding that the term "dyslexia" seemed to be perceived by pre-service teachers as a more difficult problem to face compared to the term "reading learning disability". No differences were found between gender or specialty (early childhood/primary education). Therefore, the main finding of this study is that the use of certain diagnostic labels influences teachers' self-efficacy beliefs. More specifically, the interpretation of this result in this research is that pre-service teachers conceive the term "dyslexia" as a medical concept, what can be interpreted for students as a more difficult diagnostic to intervene and modify through education in comparison with the term "reading learning disability". This fact indicates that during initial teacher training, the understanding of the terms "dyslexia" and "reading learning disability" should be studied in greater depth. Additionally, this paper can contribute to show the importance of the decision made by professionals regarding the exact term they use when preparing the psychological reports of the students with special educational needs. These findings do not exactly agree with the results obtained in previous studies on this topic, and this is discussed in the discussion section. Moreover, we also indicate the limitations of the study and future lines of research.