Percepción de los docentes de la Coordinación Zonal N°6 sobre la tartamudez en el periodo 2024-2025

Abstract

Background: Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by repetitions and prolongations of sounds or syllables and silent pauses called blocks. The support of all the people who are permanently in contact with the patient is significant during diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, teachers play an important role when dealing with a student who stutters; for this purpose, appropriate knowledge about this disorder is essential. Basic concepts, treatment, and strategies adopted in the classroom are some of the keys that teachers must be aware of when working with children with speech disorders. This study determined the perception of teachers from the Regional Coordinating Office 6, identifying the strengths and needs that they have in regard to this topic and suggesting new research areas related to strengthening or improving their intervention. Objective: To identify the perception of teachers of the schools of the Regional Coordinating Office 6 of the Ministry of Education Cuenca about stuttering, in 2024-2025. Methods: This is a descriptive, prospective, and non-experimental study. The study variable is the perception of the Regional Coordinating Office 6 of the Ministry of Education Cuenca. Quantitative research was conducted. A closed-ended questionnaire was used to measure the variable, which was adapted from previous research. The study was based on average stuttering frequency worldwide according to the WHO. Results: Out of 319 teachers, most of them were unaware of the subject in general: concept, treatment, and strategies adopted in the classroom; this means that there is poor management of this disorder.