Capacitação de pais de crianças com TEA: revisão sistemática sob o referencial da Análise do Comportamento

Abstract

Training parents to mediate behavior interventions with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was used to facilitate the development of these children. This systematic literature review aims to characterize the parents and caregivers training of children with ASD, in a behavior analysis perspective, analyzing their characteristics and results. The search was realized without time restriction. Descriptors in Portuguese and English were used for autism, parent training and behavior analysis, in the databases and journals: Pepsic, SciELO.ORG, PsycINFO (APA), Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, Catalogo de Teses e Dissertacoes (CAPES), Biblioteca Virtual em Saude – BVS (BIREME), Revista Brasileira de Analise do Comportamento e Perspectivas em Analise do Comportamento. Forty-six studies were selected and their data were categorizes and analyzed, using descriptive statistics, focusing on dependent and independent variables, behaviors and contents taught to parents or caregivers, teaching strategies and results. Most studies assess the effects of training packages on the behavior of children and parents or caregivers and combine natural, instructional and practical strategies to teach them modeling children’s behavior. Most researches describe the behaviors taught to parents or caregivers in an inaccurate way, not indicating in which contexts these behaviors should occur or the expected effects over children’s behavior. This limitation in the planning of training programs may be related to inconsistent results and low maintenance of the results analyzed in this review.