A ESTIMULAÇÃO DA LEITURA EM ALUNOS COM DIVERSIDADE FUNCIONAL NO CONTEXTO DA BIBLIOTECA ESCOLAR: UM ESTUDO DE CASO.

Reading is one of the fundamental requirements for the educational success and inclusion of any individual in their society. The concept of an inclusive school library reinforces the need to establish conditions of access to information for students with functional diversity. The main objective of this investigation is to understand how a school library in the municipality of Fundão, the object of our study, develops activities that contribute to the stimulation of reading skills in these students. In the empirical study, we adopted a qualitative methodology, with characteristics of a case study of the exploratory type, in which we used the following data collection methods: the semi-structured interview, direct observation and document analysis. The results obtained in the empirical investigation allow us to conclude that the school library analyzed does not specifically develop the stimulation of reading skills in students with functional diversity with how often this educational space is used, despite the good human and material resources available. On the other hand, there are no formal levels of collaboration between the school library coordinator and Special Education teachers in developing specific reading activities for these students. We believe that our study can be a useful contribution to raising awareness in the educational community of the importance of school libraries in the process of educational and social inclusion of students who have persistent difficulties in reading acquisition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]