Avaliação do aprendizado musical de crianças com transtorno do espectro do autismo em aulas de percussão ; Evaluation of the musical learning of children with autism spectrum disorder in percussion classes

It is known that music education makes possible the development of several skills, such as perception, rhythm and improvisation. With regard to music education for children with disabilities or disorders, especially in this research, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), music education goes beyond the formal content. This work aimed to analyze the musical learning of children with ASD in percussion lessons. To reach the released purpose, there was a theoretical and practical training course for graduate students in order to introduce them to scientific research and to enable them to act as monitors. It was passed on the structure of the intervention and the form of management with children. Participated in this intervention 20 children aged six and nine years and eight with autism and 12 typical (without the disorder). Each parent or guardian signed a free informed consent form, which contained the objectives of this research and filled out the report that outlined the behavioral profile of each child. Data collection was carried out at the School of Music of the Federal University of Pará. Each intervention lasted one hour and took place once a week for three months, with ten musical exercises grounded in the methods of Carl Orff and Zoltán Kodály. In order to evaluate the musical learning of these students, we used the Learning Assessment Scale-Musical Percussion, organized by Oliveira, Pantoja, DeFreitas Jr., Espírito Santo and Nascimento (2011), from the adaptation of Learning Verification Scale Music in Cello Instrument (DeFreitas Jr., 2007), which is composed of instructions and illustrations for better understanding of the evaluator. We observed with this research the development of musical skills of students with ASD and meaningful improvements in their behavior and learning. ; CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior ; Sabe-se que a educação musical possibilita o desenvolvimento de diversas habilidades, como a percepção, ritmo e improvisação. No que diz respeito à musicalização ...