A infrequência escolar no atendimento educacional especializado em sala de recursos multifuncionais: desafios e possibilidades

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Education Evaluation (PPGP) from the Center for Public Policy and Education Evaluation from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). It is presented a case study about management by observing the absence rates on the Specialized Educational Assistance (Atendimento Educacional Especializado) which happens in the Multifunctional Resource Room (Sala de Recursos Multifuncionais) from a public school located on Minas Gerais / Brazil. The main evidence to justify this study is the analysis of the Specialized Educational Assistance school diaries. This educational assistance was made in the Multifunctional Resource Room from 2011 to 2008. Thus, the general aim is to understand how practices and actions are structured and contribute to the students infrequency with Special Educational Needs referred to the different kinds of specialized assistance in the Multifunctional Resource Room from the Anne Sullivan State School (Escola Estadual Anne Sullivan). We assume as hypothesis that the absence of an inclusive praxis with a methodology which involves political, practical and cultural aspects by the school institution is the main cause for this nonattendance on the complementary activities for students with Special Educational Needs. Considering this main purpose, we selected three specific aims that allow us to base the chapters that constitute this dissertation: (i) describe the way in which the assistance processes are performed in the multifunctional resource room in the researched school, as well as its interface to the legislation which deal with Specialized Educational Assistance; (ii) identify and analyze which factors directly and indirectly influence the practices developed in the Specialized Educational Assistance of students with Special Educational Needs carried out at Anne Sullivan State School, as well as what contributes to the students' infrequency in the activities offered by this educational policy; (iii) propose actions that are effective in combating the high rates of infrequency in the Specialized Educational Assistance provided in the Multifunctional Resource Room, enhancing the chances that the students sent there better enjoy this constitutional right that guarantees them access and permanence in an educational system that aims to be comprehensive and inclusive.