O caminho se faz ao caminhar: Atuações em Psicologia Escolar

Abstract

School Psychology has experienced a moment of criticism on patterns of action from mainstream approaches based on diagnostic and treatment. Now, actions compromised with the quality of education have been prioritized. A research was done aiming at knowing psychologists' practices in municipal departments of education. This research has covered 98 cities from the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. Questionnaires and interviews were used to search for information about the history of the service; structure and work conditions; professional practices; and theoretical backgrounds. This paper is based on two of those interviews, and presents practices from psychologists that are in consonance with the Critical School Psychology. We identify that important practices have been conducted in the sense that psychology contributes for the school, actually being a space for humanization and knowledge appropriation. However the study also reveals the importance of public policies that improve work conditions and extend possibilities of actions for the psychologist along education.