Contribuições da Análise do Comportamento para a Inclusão Escolar: a Importância das Relações Interpessoais

• Main Author: Mary Cristina Olimpio Pinheiro, Aline Maira da Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus de Naviraí 2018-11-01
• Series: Perspectivas em Diálogo: Revista de Educação e Sociedade
• Subjects: Special Education; Social relations among students; Disabilities
• Online Access: http://seer.ufms.br/index.php/persdia/article/view/5180/4670

Dealing with the presence of students with disabilities in regular school, there is a need to find ways to ensure that the student is able to participate and fully develop. This theoretical essay aims to discuss how Behavior Analysis can contribute to school inclusion, mainly about the importance of establishing better interpersonal relationships between students. According to the Behavior Analysis, when we dedicate ourselves over the school environment, we must analyze the variables present in the classroom, trying to develop and mediate effective actions for each context. Therefore, it is important to analyze the contingencies that emerge in the school environment, searching for understand the variables that influence the interpersonal relations between the students, from this, to plan educational actions and to organize the classroom aiming the occurrence of social exchanges that improve the social behavior of the students with and without disabilities, enabling them both to face more effectively the challenges of life in society.