O Serviço Social no atendimento das famílias de crianças com transtorno do espectro autista (tea) na educação infantil

Abstract

The article researched the work of Social Services in assisting families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at the municipal preschool. The objective was to understand the strategies in the work of social workers in the multidisciplinary team and with the families of children with ASD at regular schools through public social policies (age range from ten months to four years). The research is justified taking into account the importance of insertion and social inclusion of children with ASD in regular schools, but also the importance of the instruments used by social workers in public social policies to guarantee the inclusion and permanence of children, for through direct multidisciplinary care to families, and get to know the educational work carried out with the support of the city's networks, taking into account that the Social Work professional must have a critical and competent perspective of the totality, committed to rights, helping in the construction of strategies for emancipating users. The research is developed using the exploratory research method and an instrument of nine open questions that are answered by social workers from four randomly selected schools.