Stuttering at school: developing educational resource for teachers
Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder; Stuttering; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Education, Distance; Education, Continuing.
Knowledge about stuttering and the appropriate behavior of teachers towards students who stutter is fundamental for the inclusion and good academic development of these students. With the aim of contributing to this topic, this master's thesis involved conducting a scoping review and subsequently developing educational material for teachers about stuttering. The scope review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute proposal and described according to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. The acronym PCC (Population, Concept, Context) was used, considering teachers as the population, knowledge and attitudes about stuttering as the central concept, and schools as the contexts of application. After the identification, selection, and eligibility analysis stages, 50 articles were included. In summary, the review indicated that, although the first publications predate the 1980s and there are publications in countries on different continents, teachers' knowledge and attitudes toward stuttering are not always adequate, which highlights the need for actions aimed at training teachers, either during their academic training or when they are already working. Based on this finding, educational material was developed for teachers in early childhood education and elementary school. This material is based on Knowles' principles for adult learning and proposes learning objectives in accordance with Bloom. This educational material aims to broaden understanding of stuttering and offer practical support for managing this communication disorder in the classroom. It is planned to be offered as a training course on a virtual learning platform, developed based on the ADDIE model, and will be submitted in the future for content validation, implementation, and evaluation. Thus, this dissertation seeks to bring scientific knowledge closer to the reality of schools, promoting more inclusive teaching practices and the creation of a learning environment that respects and supports people who stutter.