Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-02-18T18:11:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 brunarochadealmeida.pdf: 1393753 bytes, checksum: fc3c95ff001ff9882bb67d07e3bbbc0b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-02-26T13:34:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 brunarochadealmeida.pdf: 1393753 bytes, checksum: fc3c95ff001ff9882bb67d07e3bbbc0b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T13:34:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 brunarochadealmeida.pdf: 1393753 bytes, checksum: fc3c95ff001ff9882bb67d07e3bbbc0b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-10 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever as interações fraternais em famílias de crianças e adolescentes com síndrome de Down (SD), focalizando a qualidade, a estrutura, o conteúdo e as categorias de comando e de responsividade. Participaram 10 díades de irmãos, tendo um o diagnóstico de SD e seus genitores. Os dados foram coletados na residência das famílias em três fases, incluindo: preenchimento do Questionário de Caracterização do Sistema Familiar, realização de entrevistas semi-estruturadas e gravação em vídeo de sessões de observação da díade de irmãos. Os resultados demonstram uma variedade no modo de vida das famílias, bem como na percepção dos genitores e irmãos acerca das relações familiares. Os participantes apresentaram uma percepção positiva da relação fraternal. Durante as sessões de observação, os irmãos se envolveram, principalmente, em atividades lúdicas de forma ‘Conjunta’, com ‘Amistosidade’, ‘Sincronia’, ‘Supervisão’ e ‘Liderança’ dos irmãos com desenvolvimento típico (DT). Os comportamentos de comando foram mais emitidos pelos irmãos com DT, enquanto os irmãos com SD emitiram predominantemente os comportamentos de responsividade. Destaca-se a importância de investigar a inter-relação entre os diferentes subsistemas familiares para a melhor compreensão das relações desenvolvidas na família. / This study aimed to describe sibling interactions in families of children and adolescents with Down’s syndrome (DS), focusing on the quality, structure, content and categories of command and responsivity. It took part in the research a total of 10 dyads of brothers, one with a DS diagnosis, and their parents. Data were collected in the families' homes in three phases, including: filling out the Questionnaire of Family System Characteristics, conducting semi-structured interviews, and video recording of the observation sessions of the siblings’ dyads. The results show an assortment in the living standards of families, as well as the perception of the parents and siblings about family relationships. The participants had a positive perception of the sibling relationship. During observation sessions, the brothers engaged mainly in recreational activities so as 'Joint', with 'Friendliness', 'Synchrony', 'Supervision' and 'Leadership' of the sibling with typical development (TD). Behaviors of command were more issued by the sibling with TD, while the sibling with DS issued predominantly behaviors of responsivity. Stands out the importance of investigating the interrelationship between the different family subsystems to a better understanding of the relationships developed in the family.

A few studies have examined the effects of a remote control tactile device (RCT) as an unobtrusive prompting method used to promote skills such as verbal initiations and play behaviors in children with autism. To date, however, no published studies have investigated the effects of the RCT as a consequence to increase and maintain conversation skills. This study was designed to determine whether the RCT, in conjunction with common training techniques (i.e. roleplays, visual feedback, and sibling coaching), could be used as a discrete and unobtrusive feedback system to promote conversation skills in high functioning children with autism. Results found that the RCT and training packages were effective in initially increasing rates of target responses. The effects however, did not always maintain with a return to baseline. Programming "naturally" maintaining communities of reinforcement was found to be a critical factor in the maintenance of the conversational responses.

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