Ações de professores pré-escolares para identificação de alunos com deficiência ou atraso no desenvolvimento
Resumen
Children's education at daycare centers and pre-schools has gotten more and more visibility,
babies and children have been spending more time at these units of child education, making it
possible for teachers and other school staff and members to identify possible delays in the
child's development. That said, this work has sought to understand how the process of
identification of children's delays in their development or a suspected disability in the
environment of an educational institution through the teacher. Therefore, the objectives of the
research were: (a) to identify which child's characteristics, behaviors, or actions can be
noticed by teachers and suppose one of them can be going through a delay in their
development or a deficiency and (b) to identify which procedures are to be taken by teachers
in the process of behavioral evaluation and forwarding the child to an ideal diagnosis. Five
teachers from a child educational institution have participated in this research, of which have
had experience with students thought to have delays in their process of growth-development
or hypothetical deficiency. To collect data, a semi-structured interview script, elaborated by
the researcher, has been used. The research had a qualitative character, creating categories to
improve analysis and data debates. The results showed that teachers identify possible
developmental delays or hypotheses of disability and report the family seeking to observe the
child in other environments and contribute to the identification, referrals and interventions to
be carried out with the child, the school also carries out referrals involving the pedagogical
coordination, the family and health professionals. Based on the reports, it was possible to
identify the need for continuing education for teachers to help them identify and intervene, in
addition to the need for family support, which is essential for continuing the investigation and
possible diagnosis.
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