Ações de professores pré-escolares para identificação de alunos com deficiência ou atraso no desenvolvimento

Abstract

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.