Construindo olhares e práticas não medicalizantes em educação e saúde no município de Vitória-ES

Abstract

Studies reveal a great demand for medical care for students of public schools, in Health Units of various Brazilian regions. These children and adolescents are often referred because of complaints at school, especially for learning and behavioral problems,and become part of Special Education. The dominant response of health service professionals is a widespread practice: diagnosis of various disorders and indication of medication, in the vast majority of cases, where methylphenidate is the most prescribed.Brazil is the second world consumer market for this substance, and the Southeast region has the highest absolute number of this consumption. The data from the city of Vitória are worrying, as it is the third Brazilian capital with high consumption of thismedicine. Given these data, we developed an extension project, which began in 2016, with the objective of promoting studies and training of teachers of public schools located in the Greater Vitória region, as well as health professionals and students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Graduate from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes) and other educational institutions. Among the activities developed, we hold biweekly meetings of studies with the theme Medicalization of Education. In addition to studying, films are screened and analysis of cases and situations experienced by participants is performed. We organize lectures, congresses, seminars, meetings, refresher courses and make agreements with local and national entities and groups. Weparticipated in meetings with teams of state and municipal departments and with the staff of public schools. We have today a wide demand for our study group, a heterogeneous audience composed of undergraduate students from Ufes and other higher education institutions, teachers of state and municipal public schools of Espírito Santo and health professionals. After a few months of operating the group, we began to be invited to meetings, lectures, tables and seminars in Espírito Santo and other states. These invitations had as demand the formation of teachers and health professionals, from the discussions about Medicalization, especially in the scope of Special Education.