The opinion of parents and teachers of students with learning disorders regarding executive function skills
Opinião de pais e de professores de escolares com transtornos de aprendizagem quanto às habilidades de funções executivas
Giseli Donadon Germano; Lara Bastos Brito; Simone Aparecida Capellini
Abstract
Purpose: to compare the opinion of parents and teachers of students with learning disorders, regarding executive function skills.
Methods: a cross-sectional cohort study, involving 39 students, boys and girls, with a multi-disciplinary diagnosis of learning disorders. Participants in the age range 8 to 11 years and 11 months were enrolled in Grades 3 to 5 of Primary Education I. The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) questionnaire, comprising one questionnaire for the parents and another for the teachers, was applied. The aim was to characterize the behavioral aspects of executive function in the school and home environments.
Results: data were statistically analyzed using non-parametric tests and significant differences in the answers provided by parents and teachers in the organization scale were found. By comparing the answers given by parents and teachers, significant differences were seen in the emotional control, planning/organization, material organization and monitoring scales.
Conclusion: based on the results of this study, one concludes that there are different perceptions of impaired executive function among parents and teachers of students presented with learning disorders. Parental answers pointed to more difficulties than those provided by the teachers.
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Objetivo: comparar a opinião de pais e de professores de escolares com transtornos de aprendizagem em habilidades de função executiva.
Métodos: estudo de coorte transversal. Participaram deste estudo 39 escolares com diagnóstico interdisciplinar de transtornos de aprendizagem, de ambos os sexos, com faixa etária entre 8 anos e 11 anos e 11 meses, do 3º ao 5º ano do Ensino Público Fundamental I. Como procedimento foi utilizado o Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF), composto de dois questionários, sendo um para o preenchimento pelos pais e um para professores, visando à caracterização de aspectos comportamentais da função executiva em ambientes escolar e em casa.
Resultados: os resultados foram analisados estatisticamente utilizando testes não paramétricos. Foi possível observar diferença significativa entre as respostas preenchidas pelos pais dos escolares em relação à escala de organização. Na comparação entre os questionários preenchidos pelos pais e pelos professores houve diferença significativa para as escalas de controle emocional, planejamento/organização, organização de materiais e monitoramento.
Conclusão: houve diferentes percepções do comprometimento das funções executivas para os pais e para os professores dos escolares com transtornos de aprendizagem. As dificuldades foram indicadas predominantemente pelos pais comparativamente aos professores.
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Submitted date:
06/28/2017
Accepted date:
08/22/2017
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