Teacher’s point of view about working with children of
					the autism spectrum

The study included 51 teachers from mainstream and special schools who had children with ASD among their students. A classification type questionnaire was answered by teachers about the role they play in relation to the student, the difficulties and skills that the teacher has in relation to the student, communication strategies used by both behaviors and interests of children observed by the teacher.

Results:

The teachers responded that their influence was mainly related to communication and interpersonal relationships, difficulties were mainly related to learning, communication and behavior of the child. They felt that the school offers enough support for your work, but there is very little support from other professionals and lack of appropriate teaching technology.

Conclusion

Thus, it is concluded that teachers are unprepared to teach these students and need to be better educated and receive more support from other professionals, and thus can provide a better education for children with ASD.

Speech; language and hearing sciences; Autistic disorder; Education; Faculty; Communication

Variable	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum	Percentile 25	Percentile 50 (Median)	Percentile 75	p-value
Communication	41	3.29	2.11	1.00	7.00	2.00	3.00	5.00	0.905
Learning	41	3.80	1.91	1.00	7.00	2.00	4.00	5.00	0.265
Interpersonal relations	41	3.41	2.00	1.00	7.00	2.00	3.00	5.00	0.715
Behavior	41	4.24	1.91	1.00	7.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	0.836
Neuro-psychomotor Development	41	4.93	1.85	1.00	7.00	4.00	5.00	7.00	0.203
Reasoning	41	4.93	1.66	1.00	7.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	0.298
Autonomy	41	3.39	1.91	1.00	7.00	1.00	3.00	4.00	0.690

Variable	Age	n	Mean	Standard deviation	Min.	Max.	Percentile 25	Percentile 50 (Median)	Percentile 75	p-value
Communication	20 to 60 years	42	3.98	2,38	1.00	7.00	2.00	4.00	7.00	0.104
Learning	20 to 60 years	42	3.45	1.94	1.00	7.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	0.524
Interpersonal relations	20 to 60 years	42	4.62	1.89	1.00	7.00	3.00	5.00	6.00	0.122
Behavior	20 to 60 years	42	4.12	2.07	1.00	7.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	0.026*
Neuro-psychomotor Development	20 to 60 years	42	4.14	1.76	1.00	7.00	2.00	4.00	6.00	0.379
Reasoning	20 to 60 years	42	3.24	1.75	1.00	7.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	0.366
Autonomy	20 to 60 years	42	4.52	1.93	1.00	7.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	0.627

Pairs of variables		n	Mean	Standard deviation	Min	Max	Percentile 25	Percentile 50 (Median)	Percentile 75	p-value
Communication	+	37	3.27	2.05	1.00	7.00	1.50	3.00	5.00	0.151
Communication	–	37	4.19	2.38	1.00	7.00	2.00	4.00	7.00	0.151

Learning	+	37	3.70	1.90	1.00	7.00	2.00	4.00	5.00	0.384
Learning	–	37	3.24	1.88	1.00	7.00	1.50	3.00	4.50	0.384

Interpersonal relations	+	37	3.30	2.01	1.00	7.00	2.00	3.00	5.00	0.015*
Interpersonal relations	–	37	4.59	1.88	1.00	7.00	3.00	5.00	6.00	0.015*

Behavior	+	37	4.41	1.89	1.00	7.00	3.00	4.00	6.50	0.836
Behavior	–	37	4.27	2.08	1.00	7.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	0.836

Neuro-psychomotor development	+	37	5.00	1.81	1.00	7.00	3.50	5.00	7.00	0.038*
Neuro-psychomotor development	–	37	4.05	1.81	1.00	7.00	2.00	4.00	6.00	0.038*

Reasoning	+	37	5.11	1.54	1.00	7.00	4.50	6.00	6.00	0.000*
Reasoning	–	37	3.27	1.69	1.00	7.00	2.00	3.00	4.50	0.000*

Autonomy	+	37	3.22	1.86	1.00	7.00	1.00	3.00	4.00	0.029*
Autonomy		37	4.38	1.96	1.00	7.00	2.50	4.00	6.00	0.029*

Variable	Statistics	Family support
Infrastructure	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.122
	p-value	0.431
	n	44

Help from other professionals	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.024
	p-value	0.875
	n	44

Professional improvement	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.173
	p-value	0.262
	n	44

Headmasters’ support	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.129
	p-value	0.402
	n	44

Educational material	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.349
	p-value	0.020*
	n	44

Variable	Statistics	Speech
Gestures	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.306
	p-value	0.039*
	n	46

Written	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.182
	p-value	0.225
	n	46

Signs	Correlation coefficient (r)	-0.448
	p-value	0.002*
	n	46

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[1] Correspondence address: Ana Gabriela Lopes Pimentel. Department of Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo. R. Cipotânea, 51, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo (SP), Brazil, CEP: 05360-160. Email: anagabrielalpimentel@gmail.com