Professional qualification for people with intelectual disabilities: teachers perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Mariela Cristina de Aguiar
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Carvalho-Freitas, Maria Nivalda de, Freitas, Marina Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/29957
• topic: Intellectual disabilities; Benefit from continued provision; Conceptions of disability.; Discapacidad intelectual; Beneficios de la provisión continua; Concepciones de discapacidad.; Deficiência intelectual; benefício de prestação continuada; concepções de deficiência

This study investigated the teacher’s perception about the professional qualification for people with intellectual disabilities teaching in the Associations of Parents and Friends of the Exceptional (APAEs) of Minas Gerais. The study was carried out with a sample of 47 teachers from 21 APAEs of the State through the quantitative-survey method, whose analysis involved statistical techniques, such as: descriptive analysis and analysis of the Spearman correlation coefficient. The qualitative method was also used, through semistructured interviews, in three APAEs units with nine teachers, transcribed and submitted to content analysis. The results indicate that the professional qualification for people with intellectual disabilities promoted by the APAEs contribute in several aspects to the occupation and the development of the students. It was also verified that the professional qualification process is associated to the families’ need for the Benefit from Continued Provision and to teacher’s conceptions of disabilities, indicating that the discussions about professional qualification of people with intellectual disability involve factor other than actions of qualification itself