Report of experience in Canada: knowing the scholar inclusion in Quebec

Abstract

In this paper a scientific visit to Canada is reported, which was part of the scientific activities developed by the researcher during her post-doctoral project in Special Education supported by FAPESP. The main motivation of this visit was to obtain a deeper knowledge concerning important aspects on the scholar inclusion of students needing special cares in a city of the Province Quebec. During this visit, it was possible to learn about the physical aspects of schools and classrooms, to collect information about how these classrooms and the attended students from the reports of school teacher, teacher assistant and psychologist. As results, the main aspects of the school inclusion in Quebec are provided and also the activities developed for children with special needs throughout the school year. Moreover, the researcher could get knowledge on the attended as special care needed and how the diagnosis is performed and how is the organization of the classroom and professionals involved. The gains obtained from this experience have great impact for the researcher and will allow new perspectives and discussion on the Brazilian model of scholar inclusion.