Baixa visão na escola : conhecimento e opinião de professores e de pais de alunos deficientes visuais, em Brasilia, DF / Low vision at school : knowledge and opinion by teachers and parents of visually impaired students, in Brasilia, DF

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional survey was conducted, with the objective of identifying the knowledge and the opinions of teachers and parents of students with low vision in public schools of regular system of education in Brasília (DF), regarding the visual problem, equipment, systems, techniques and resources related to the visual deficiency and the educational process, aiming to subsidize programs of education in low vision. The population was of 174 teachers and 86 parents, consisting on a non-probabilistic sample. Two structuralized questionnaires had been elaborated: one auto-applicable, answered by the teachers, and another applied by interview with parents. To guarantee the trustworthiness and the validity of the data, the questionnaires had been submitted to previous tests. Concerning the teachers of the population of the study, the female sex predominated (74,1%) and also the ones with reasonable professional experience. The biggest part of them (62,1 %) taught students with low vision for the first time. The majority (89,7%) declared higher education and almost the totality (97,1%) didn t have vocational training in visual deficiency. The majority (73%) have not received . training or orientation in the last three years. Most of them had self-evaluated themselves without preparation to teach students with low vision and almost the totality (96,6%) of them depends on the support ofthe specialized teacher. Regarding the parents population, it was predominant the female sex (62,8%) with low leveI of education. A few more than a half(52,3%) didn t have income and the parents that did have ajob, had low specialization. Some examples of pointed causes for low vision by the parents were toxoplasmosis, cataract and the glaucoma congenital. The family members (53%) had been the ftrst ones to suspect of the visual problem of the child, occurring in the first six months of life. Most of them believed that the visual problem confused the child in seeing the blackboard, the notebook, in writing and in reading books. The majority of the parents (73,1%), had attributed failing at school to other difficulties, showing satisfaction with the attendance of school. Many parents had self-evaluated themselves prepared to give information of the visual deftciency of the sono The parents had revealed insufficient knowledge on the limitations caused by the visual deficiency and on the necessities of the children, regarding equipment, resources and systems capable of potentizing the use of the residual vision. lt was concluded that the teachers revealed insufficient knowledge for the development of a quality pedagogical work with low vision students

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educação em saude inclusão escolar health education low vision visually impaired people deficiencias visão subnormal deficientes visuais inclusion education diability

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