THE CASE OF THE PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOP A PROPOSAL FOR HEALTHY EATING AND SCIENCE TEACHING FOR AUTISTIC AND NON-AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Abstract

Despite discussions about inclusive education, we knew that there is a lack of employability in schools, especially with regard to the inclusion of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a condition characterized mainly by difficulties in communication, social interaction and the maintenance of restricted behaviors and interests. In addition, many autistic people have food selectivity. Therefore, we sought to investigate possibilities for the inclusion of autistic children in remote education through a pedagogical workshop on healthy eating, exploring, for this, the use of culinary recipes, food challenges and children's videos. We sought to know what children understood about healthy eating, what they used to eat at meals, and also, if there were changes in their understanding of healthy eating. The research has a qualitative approach, being a case study and we collect the data through participant observation notes, children's productions and questionnaires applied at the beginning and at the end of the workshop. The results showed that the healthy eating workshop proved to be a favorable educational tool to help children participating in the construction of knowledge about healthy eating, including autistic children.