PROCESSO DE INCLUSÃO NO CONTEXTO DA DEFICIÊNCIA VISUAL: dificuldades, desafios e perspectivas

Abstract

It is clear that the process of inclusion of students with disabilities find various obstacles due to inadequate practices of teachers, the inadequacies of school practices to the educational policies of inclusion, the lack of continuing education for teachers of regular schools, the lack of structural adaptations for teachers in regular schools, the lack of structural changes and curriculum of the school and the near absence of joint and coordinated among teachers of special education (specialized education and itinerant teaching) and regular education. Given this reality, we realized the need to investigate the process of inclusion in regular education of students with visual impairment, considering the importance of the issue for society and before exclusion that are still subject minorities, including the people with disabilities. This research aimed to examine how process is taking place for the inclusion of students with visual impairments, attended by the Service Center Pedagogical Maranhão (CAP-MA) in the public schools and municipal regular school in Sao Luis. It was documentary research, field, qualitative in the form of case study. For data collection we used documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews. These interviews were carried out with four groups of participants: five visually impaired students served by the CAP-MA five teachers of four teachers specialized schooling PAC-MA and four teachers of itinerant teaching. As places of the present investigation the CAP-MA and only one interview was held at the home of a teacher (a) roving. Data analysis was based on the assumptions of the content analysis by categorizing comparison of participants' responses. The results of this analysis revealed that the difficulties encountered by respondents include lack of materials, resources and equipment adapted or not students with visual impairments, the high number of students in regular classes, the lack of adequate training of teachers to student diversity, among others. The main challenges identified by the participants consisted of the need for effective inclusion school; awareness of all; teacher training as well as lack of coordination between the network state and local education and CAP-MA. Turning to the outlook, participants mentioned the need for effective inclusion school, the quality of mainstream education and better specialized education in public schools to help develop the student in the learning process. In our data, we conclude that for the process of inclusion of students with visual impairments, attended by Service Center Pedagogical Maranhão (CAP-MA) in the public schools and municipal regular education in São Luís-MA be effected is need to restructure the organization and physical structure and curriculum in schools, there is investment in high assistive technology and teacher training for specialized educational classes of regular schools and links between the school teachers and special education for proper planning for diversity of learners.