The stigma present in teachers' speech about reports and the relationship with school complaints

Analysis from a neoliberal context

Abstract

This work deals with conceptions about children with reports and learning difficulties. The objective was to analyze the speeches about the reports as a solution to complaints of learning difficulties. Interviews were carried out with teachers and support professionals from the public school system in a city in the interior of Goiás. The interviews were transcribed and, subsequently, a content (thematic) analysis was performed. From the selection of central themes in the interviewees' discourse, six categories were created and the category “Conceptions about reports and children with learning difficulties” will be presented here. In the speeches, a strong influence of the medical and biological conception of learning problems was observed, in addition to stereotypes and prejudices in relation to children with mental disorders and/or learning difficulties. A critical look on the part of professionals who are involved in education are necessary, so that they can overcome decontextualized conceptions of the subject from the social, economic, political and educational scenario to achieve inclusive education.