A IMPORTÂNCIA DOS PAIS NO PROCESSO DE EVOLUÇÃO DA TERAPIA FONOAUDIOLÓGICA DO(S) SEU(S) FILHO(S)

Abstract

Abstrat Introduction: The family plays a fundamental role in the development and communication of human beings, in addition to being responsible for providing the emotional and material contributions of its members. In this sense, the family environment, contradictorily, is considered a place where the child has to be protected, as well as live with risks to their development. Therefore, it is necessary to check how parents can participate and engage in the child's therapeutic process, so that the child has a positive evolution in the treatment. Objectives: To investigate the importance of parents in the process of speech therapy evolution for their child(ren ). Methods: It consists of analytical and cross-sectional research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Results: The research was composed of 14 (100%) mothers, aged 36 to 46 years, married 12 (85.71%), living in the same house with the father, with children referred for speech therapy 06 (42, 86%) diagnosed with simple language delay, 01 (7.14%), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), 01 (7.14%) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and 06 (42.86%) other pathologies and highlighted that they carried out activities guided by professional speech therapists at home, 12 (85.71%) due to the importance for the evolution of therapies. Conclusion: With the study, it can be stated that parents with children undergoing speech therapy at the Ana Lucia Chaves Fecury school clinic have a good understanding of their role in the process of evolution of their children's speech therapy.