Abstract This study aimed to create and validate an instrument to assess the educational team's attitudes and academic expectations towards students with Down syndrome (DS). The Attitudes and Academic Expectations toward students with Down syndrome Questionnaire (CAEASD) was elaborated following three steps: (1) design of the instrument, (2) content validation, and (3) construct validity and reliability. Teachers and educational assistants from public schools in San Bernardo, Chile, answered the instrument. Following the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the questionnaire was divided into two scales: attitudes and academic expectations. The first one was considered multidimensional: composed of subscales Emotions, Beliefs, and Actions, and the second one was one-dimensional. A significant correlation was observed between both scales and between the Attitude scale and its subscales. The CAEASD has proven to be a valid and reliable tool to assess the educational team's attitudes and academic expectations toward students with DS.

Resumen El objetivo de este estudio fue crear y validar un instrumento para evaluar actitudes y expectativas de aprendizaje del equipo educativo respecto a estudiantes con síndrome de Down (SD). Se elaboró el Cuestionario de Actitudes y Expectativas de Aprendizaje respecto a estudiantes con SD (CAEASD) siguiendo tres fases: (1) diseño del instrumento, (2) validación de contenido, (3) validación de constructo y confiabilidad. Se aplicó en profesores y asistentes de la educación de establecimientos municipales. En el análisis exploratorio y confirmatorio factorial las aseveraciones fueron divididas en dos escalas: Actitudes y Expectativas de Aprendizaje. La primera es multidimensional, conformada por las subescalas Emociones, Creencias y Acciones, y la segunda es unidimensional. Destacaron correlaciones significativas entre ambas escalas y entre Actitudes y sus subescalas. El CAEASD es un instrumento válido y confiable para evaluar actitudes y expectativas de aprendizaje del equipo educativo hacia estudiantes con SD.

ABSTRACT Purpose: this study had two aims: (1) Analyse students' perceptions of achieved learning in the simulation workshops implemented in multiple areas in a Speech and Language Therapy curricula, and (2) Establish the effect of incorporating simulation workshops in the students' comprehensive evaluation of the course. Methods: a survey on perceived learning was validated, including quantitative and qualitative sections, and applied to students that participated in the simulation workshops (n=241). Additionally, quantitative information from a survey of systematic application on the comprehensive perception of the courses that implemented workshops was analysed (n=277). Results: the quantitative section showed a positive perception of learning through the simulation workshop and coincided with the qualitative section's positive opinions. Additionally, the courses that implemented simulation workshops showed a positive evaluation in methodology, feedback, and organization. Conclusion: the students had a positive perception of the incorporation of clinical simulation workshops. The survey's sections provided complementary information regarding learning through clinical simulation.

ABSTRACT Purpose: to assess the effect of an intervention on educational teams’ attitudes and academic expectations concerning the inclusion of students with Down’s Syndrome (DS), in Chile. Methods: a quasi-experimental single-group study was carried out, with an interdisciplinary pilot intervention held comprising three workshops on inclusive education for teachers and teaching assistants. The Attitudes Towards and Academic Expectations For Down’s Syndrome Students questionnaire (CAEASD in Spanish) was used to assess these variables pre- and post-intervention. Results: 48 subjects participated in this study, with 37 in the experimental group and 11 in the control group. No significant differences were observed in the overall CAEASD score, neither before nor after the intervention (p=0.388). However, in the actions part of the attitude component, there was a significant difference in the experimental group (p<0.05), in which, the proportion of positive changes in the overall CAEASD score was also greater than that in the control group. Conclusion: mentoring had a positive impact on educational teams’ attitudes towards students with DS, helping to develop an inclusive educational community.

RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar el efecto de una intervención en las actitudes y expectativas de aprendizaje que presentan profesores y asistentes de la educación hacia la inclusión escolar de estudiantes con síndrome de Down (SD) en Chile. Métodos: se realizó un estudio cuasi-experimental de grupo único donde se implementó una intervención interdisciplinaria piloto de tres talleres sobre orientaciones inclusivas a profesores y asistentes de la educación. Se aplicó el cuestionario de Actitudes y Expectativas de Aprendizajes respecto a los estudiantes con SD (CAEASD) para medir estas variables pre y post intervención. Resultados: 48 sujetos participaron de la intervención, 37 conformaron el grupo experimental y 11 el grupo control. No existieron diferencias significativas en el puntaje global del CAEASD, previo y posterior a la intervención (p=0,388), sin embargo, se observó una diferencia significativa en la medición pre y post en el componente Acción de las actitudes en el grupo experimental (p<0,05). Además, el grupo experimental presentó una mayor proporción de puntuaciones con cambios positivos que el grupo control en el puntaje global del cuestionario CAEASD. Conclusión: la intervención generó cambios positivos en las actitudes del equipo escolar hacia los estudiantes con SD, lo que contribuye en el desarrollo de una comunidad educativa inclusiva.