Computerized program for teacher training in social skills: contributions for inclusive education

Abstract

Given that children with special educational needs require special attention about methods used in educational institutions, the objective of this study was to train teachers for students’ inclusion, teaching social skills through a computerized program. Teaching those skills make easy the enrolling and quality of interpersonal relationships in schools, making possible an educational environment that have higher probability of success. This training was conducted with four teachers of a city public school, being two that worked in a regular classroom with included students with special educational needs and two that worked in the classroom for special education. We applied the Software “ENSINO” and Social Skills Inventory (IHS-Del Prette, 2001), this last one was applied before and after the software. From the obtained data it was concluded that the participants increased their scores on IHS after training. Thus, it is expected that they can act in the classroom in a more socially skilled way with students, contributing so to the process of inclusion.