As perturbações do espectro do autismo e os problemas de comportamento

: como intervir?

Abstract

Children with ASD often have a deficit in communication skills, which means that often leads to voice their needs trough negative acts of aggression, self mutilation, etc… They also have specific difficulties in social relations; they often do not understand the mime, the intentions, paraverbais signals (voice, attitude, gestures, etc.) the other. “Indeed, they have many difficulties in understanding our world and our social codes to them often seem strange and incomprehensible. Behavior problems of autistic people are the expression of their difficulties, their fears, their needs, their desires.” (Magerrote, et al., 2005, p.9) Concerned with the well-being and behavior of children/students with ASD we carried out a study aimed at investigating the behavior problems more common in children of Preschool and students of the 1st Cycle attending the Teaching Units Organized for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (UEEA) of the District of Viseu. Data collection was done through the ECIP-2, Behavior Scale for Pre- School Education- 2nd Edition, which is a translation of the original version of PKBS-2, a process of adaptation and validation into the Portuguese population, the preschool, was made by Sofia Oliveira Major (Major, 2007) in his dissertation, under the scientific guidance of Professor Maria João Seabra – Santos (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences- University of Coimbra). We conclude that the level of externalizing behavior problems (EPC-E), girls get higher average scores in all indicators and there is a gradual increase in scores with age. On a scale of internalizing behavior problems (EPC-I) are also found that girls who get the highest average scores in all indicators.

Date of Award	31 Oct 2011
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Paulo Pereira (Supervisor) & Sofia Campos (Co-Supervisor)