Trajetórias educacionais de crianças com necessidades especiais no município do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The theme of this study is Paths trodden by families to guarantee the right to education of children with special needs . This study arose from the demand of the members of Núcleo de Estudos da Infância: Pesquisa & Extensão (NEI:P&E/UERJ), coordinated by PhD. Vera Vasconcellos, to understand how was the scholar path of children monitored in two studies realized in public day care center in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in 2009, after leaving these institutions. The studies were: i) Focal children: the triangulation education-family-health in day care center, realizend in 2008 and 2009 in Creche Institucional Dr. Paulo Niemeyer, e ii) Childhood, Education and Inclusion: a case study realized in 2009 in Creche Municipal de Odetinha Vidal de Oliveira. The present research proposes a follow-up study, in which we continued to the previous two, from the analysis of the course of three families (mother) in an attempt to ensure a quality, inclusive education for their children. At the beginning, we performed a bibliographic and documentary survey on the subject. Then he turned to the families of children with the aim of investigating how the school was being provided to these children and how their learning difficulties have been understood in attending educational spaces. We adopted the Case Studyas a methodological propose. There were two interviews with the mothers of the children, respectively in 2012 and 2013 and asked them to answer a questionnaire (Family Characterization), which outlined their profile, highlighting their sociodemographic characteristics. The data was systematized through the content analysis approach by theme, emphasizing the path of the children and their families to guarantee the right to Education. The research concluded thar the study children had no space in regular educational system, public and/or private, in opposition to what national and city documents guarantee. The path and experiences were full of insecurity and negative expectations from schools about the development and education of children. I also conclude that is not enough to know children with special needs right to education, the institutions need to recognize families as privileged partners in the constructions of ways to produce children with special needs knowledge. The seats held by these institutions are recognized by families as essential support network and support to children and families in the process of education and school inclusion.