Prelimanary study: construction of the inventory of social skills for students without articulated speech

• Autor(a) principal: Quiterio, Patricia Lorena
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Nunes, Leila Regina d'Oliveira de Paula, Gerk, Eliane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/42602
• topic: Instrument construction; social skills; alternative communication.; Construcción de instrumentos; habilidades sociales; comunicación alternativa.; Construção de instrumento; habilidades sociais; comunicação alternativa.

Students with disabilities without articulate speech may have difficulty expressing their feelings and thoughts efficiently, impairing their academic and social development. This preliminary study aimed at the construction and evaluation of the Social Skills Inventory for Students Without Articulated Speech, built based on the Multimedia System of Social Skills for Children, on the Assertiveness Scale and on the records of direct observations made in the school environment. The initial stage involved the construction of the 20 instrument items in the format of boards with images that describe situations experienced at school and in other interactive contexts by people with disabilities. As a second step, a first experimental study was developed, in which four students from a special school (M = 21; sd = 2.16) who had cerebral palsy, without articulated speech, responded to the inventory. In the third stage, took place analyzing the application and modifying the instrument. And in the fourth step, in continuity with the experimental study, eight students (M = 13.88; sd = 6.49) with the same characteristics responded to the inventory. To test the instrument's validity, the Wilcoxon Signal Test was applied (Ho for p≤ 0.02) comparing the students' responses with those of their teachers, revealing statistically significant results. The construction of the instrument had the purpose of a semantic analysis of the items and the analysis in relation to the applicability, functionality and accessibility corresponded to the criteria. In addition, the information will contribute to the planning and development of programs to promote social skills among the population with disabilities.