PROGRAMA DEPORTIVO PARA LA INCLUSIÓN DE NIÑOS CON TRASTORNO DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA (TEA)

Abstract

Inclusion is a term widely used nowadays, it responds to a philosophical, social, economic, cultural, political and pedagogical approach, it pursues the valuation of the differences of each of the students in the school. The objective of this work is to elaborate a sports program to favor the educational inclusion of children with ASD. Therefore, a descriptive study with a mixed approach was carried out. Eight students diagnosed with this disorder participated with their families and 15 teachers responsible for Physical Education in different schools in Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador. To evaluate the level of inclusion of children with ASD, the Guide for reflection and assessment of inclusive practices by Marchesi, Durán, Giné and Hernández (2009) was used, validated in subsequent studies by Booth and Ainscow (2002 and 2011). It was found that the most deficient indicators are teacher training, the inadequacy of educational spaces and environments, as well as the level of preparation and updating of teachers' knowledge to achieve effective educational inclusion. To determine the level of concordance of the results with the sports program, Kendal's t-test was used, processed in SPSS V 25.