Speech language group therapy in the context of written language for deaf subjects in Southern Brazil

This article aims to investigate deaf people's reasons to participate in a therapeutic group and to analyze some of their reflections on the use of written Portuguese language produced inside this group within a sociocultural perspective. It was carried out at a School for the deaf located in C...

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Published inDeafness & education international Vol. 19; no. 3-4; pp. 171 - 181
Main Authors Guarinello, Ana Cristina, Massi, Giselle, Berberian, Ana Paula, Tonocchi, Rita, Valentin, Silvana Mendonça Lopes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.10.2017
Subjects
College School Cooperation
Community Education
Concept Teaching
Deafness
Discourse Analysis
Foreign Countries
Group Therapy
Intervention
Partnerships in Education
Portuguese
Qualitative Research
Revision (Written Composition)
School Community Programs
Sociocultural Patterns
Speech Language Pathology
Student Educational Objectives
Vocabulary Development
Writing Achievement
Written Language
Brazil
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Summary:This article aims to investigate deaf people's reasons to participate in a therapeutic group and to analyze some of their reflections on the use of written Portuguese language produced inside this group within a sociocultural perspective. It was carried out at a School for the deaf located in Curitiba, Paraná State/Brazil in a partnership with researchers of a university located in Southern Brazil. Eight deaf subjects, aged 14-33, participated in the group therapies. Data were collected during a semester of group therapies, with 18 weekly meetings, two-hour long each. The findings revealed that group therapy for deaf teenagers and adults had a significant result in these participants' writing. This type of intervention can allow researchers to be tailored to meet deaf people's specific needs in the written language.
ISSN:1464-3154
1557-069X
DOI:10.1080/14643154.2017.1402549