Avaliação de programas de intervenção precoce

 

JÚLIA SERPA PIMENTEL (*)

 

 

RESUMO

Depois de uma breve caracterização dos serviços que, no Distrito de Lisboa, têm trabalho no âmbito da Intervenção Precoce, apresentaremos os resultados de um estudo de investigação com dados relativos a 193 mães de crianças com necessidades educativas especiais em idade pré-escolar e 128 técnicos que trabalham com estas famílias.

Os dados apresentados referem-se exclusivamente às Entrevistas/Questionários feitos aos pais e aos técnicos. São analisados em termos das fases do Ciclo de Avaliação Intervenção: deteção do problema e orientação inicial aos pais; processo de avaliação/reavaliação; partilha de informação com os pais; processo de intervenção; envolvimentos e coordenação de serviços e satisfação dos pais.

Dado que os guiões de entrevista são em grande parte paralelos, as respostas de pais e técnicos podem ser comparadas, a fim de se analisar as concordâncias e discrepâncias nas percepções de ambos.

Todos os dados são analisados e discutidos em termos do que são as práticas recomendadas em Intervenção Precoce/Educação infantil especializada, concluindo-se que estas não estão a ser efectivamente no Distrito de Lisboa.

Palavras-chave: Intervenção precoce, avaliação de programas, práticas recomendadas.

 

 

ABSTRACT

After a brief characterisation of Early Intervention services in Lisbon County, we present part of the results of a research study involving 193 mothers of preschool children with special educational needs and 128 professionals working with those children and families. The data of the interviews/questionnaires responded by mothers and professionals are analysed within the phases of the assessment/intervention process: early screening and referral, assessment methodology, sharing of information with parents, intervention process, service coordination and parental satisfaction.

Parents' and professionals' responses are compared and the similarities and discrepancies of their perceptions are analysed within the ecological and transactional models.

Data show that recommend practices in Early intervention/early childhood special education are not being effectively implemented within the services in Lisbon County.

Key words: Early intervention, program evaluation, recommended practices.

 

 

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(*) Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa. UIPCDE.