INAUGURAL SERVICES OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY IN PIAUÍ: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL STUDY

Abstract

This work aims to present the history of the Inaugural Services of School Psychology in Piauí. The methodology used is a qualitative approach with an exploratory and descriptive study. For this, a pluralist perspective was used with the use of historiography and oral history, which has as its specific object the historical reality in its integrity. As inclusion criteria, participants were chosen for having: I) worked in one of the institutions that offered the inaugural services of School Psychology in Piauí; and II) carried out School Psychology practices. In view of this, 12 Psychology professionals participated in this research, who were grouped according to their practices in at least one of the first seven institutions to offer School Psychology Services in the state of Piauí, from public and private education networks. As a procedure for data analysis, they were built from the transcripts of the interviews, the subsequent elaboration of core meanings that resulted in the creation of four thematic axes, considering the research objectives. Next: a) History of School and Educational Psychology/PEE services in Piauí; b) Main educational demands; c) Professional practices; d) Theoretical assumptions and references. The results found point to the insertion of school psychology in the state at a late stage, compared to Brazilian states in the Midwest, South and Southeast regions, and with practices characteristic of traditional SEP in the country, with individualizing and pathologizing tendencies. However, the scenario has undergone significant changes in terms of services, and it is possible to identify transformations in professional practices, which are currently also based on the perspective of Critical School Psychology, favoring new perspectives of PEE in the state.