Intervenção precoce na infância

: crianças com necessidades educativas especiais

Abstract

This thesis “Early intervention in children: children with special educational needs” that aims to expose the other side of ELI. Regarding these often fail to be efficient in their interventions children who are very day marked. Some realities are not quite as they seem as, the weakness are obvious in many institutions and talking about these issues shouldn´t be reason for shame, on the contrary, it can be a wake-up call or even a call for help. It is common Knowledge that our country is facing a severe economic and social crisis, where citizens who belong to a lower status are always left in a difficult position. As a result of our economic situation, many of these institutions see their insignificant budget reduced in such a manner that makes it impossible to survive. With so many cutbacks, institutions simply can not continue to offer services with the same competence. In many occasions, only due to pride do they not admit that they are undergoing severe difficulties. This study aims to clarify this idea. In Guimarães, for example, where this research was conducted, in 2012, there was a merger of ACES, so the population enrolled in health centers multiplied, as well as the number of children referred to the ELI. Given the facts above, we must ask if ELI would be able to work with more children, maintaining the same number of professionals without under going too much pressure. Should these technicians work part-time or on the other hand, would it be necessary to extend it to a full time job?

Date of Award	2015
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Filomena Ermida da Ponte (Supervisor)