O trabalho da gestão participativa de uma instituição de acolhimento para a identificação de crianças com altas habilidades/superdotação

Abstract

The dynamic reality manifested in a host institution goes beyond the circumstances of people's lives on site: also involves the labor relations of the professionals who work with the human diversity and for the maintenance of these institutions. Realizing that the host institution is a teaching space, we should emphasize that the theoretical guidelines and the practical actions are well defined in a Political Pedagogical Project, which is a common element present in school spaces. Realizing that the host institution is a teaching space, the Political Pedagogical Project defines the theoretical guidelines and the practical actions, which is a common element in school sites, and it is important to emphasize. At present, the special education as a teaching modality and social rights, works with a wide target audience, which includes high abilities/giftedness children. Directly related to the high abilities/giftedness, in this study we use the procedures defined in Pérez de Freitas (2012) for the identification of children assisted by host institutions. This research was motivated by the following question: To what extent the participative management of a host institution is active in the task of identifying high abilities/giftedness children? The participatory management is understood as a force that moves work actions and as a continuing training of a professional group, that appreciates the shared and the democratic responsibilities. The objective of this study is analyze the participatory management in a host institution aiming to the identification of high abilities/giftedness children. The study was accomplished in a host institution at Erechim, RS, Southern Brazil. The study's participants were two caregivers, two social mothers (according to the Brazilian legislation: women who dedicate their lives to helping the homeless children), an educator and the host institution manager. Through the participant’s involvement in the identification procedures, in this work we have identified three high abilities/giftedness children. An important step on the identification process was the clarifications and the participants' interest to learn more about high abilities/giftedness.