PROGRAMA DE LEITURA PARA PESSOAS COM DIAGNÓSTICO DE AUTISMO.

Abstract

The study bellow is a sysmatic replication, magnified by the researcher of the reading program proposed by Iñesta (1980), based on methods of choosing by the gradual fading visual aid, colors of the stimulus e reinforcement, providing errorless learning, with the purpose of verifying your effect in the aquisition of the textual behavior of kids with autism diagnosis. Two kids in ages of 10 and 11 years, with autism diagnosis took part of the study and the behavior of reading was not part of their repertory. For the program application, file folders with A4 paper with printed stimuli, registration protocols, Sodré Primer, e revision texts were used. The program was applied in 5 steps, in all of them, baselines were applied to follow the participants performances. The data was analyzed and was verified that both kids learned to read. Four months after the program application finished, a follow up session was performed, confirming the learning conservation and generalization, and the increase of the textual behavior learned from the baseline 1. The hypothesis that the people with autismo learn when the learning proceedings are appropriate for the disorder features, was confirmed.