Philip dos civilizados: the wild boy from stone jungle

Authors

  • Cláudia Rodrigues de Freitas Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X8954

Keywords:

School Inclusion, Special Education, Special Education Services, Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

Abstract

This article analyzes the ways of organizing life and the learning processes of a boy experiencing psychic distress and social abandonment from the moment he receives care at a school facility. The experience involves the organization of a network of conversations among those who live with Philip, a boy who was referred to the Special Education Services (SES) based on the autism diagnosis, one of the disorders in the category of Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). The assistance center proposed was aimed at expanding the way of living and learning of Philip. The interventions come up and develop themselves from the invention of playing and become visible through eye contact, smiles, when handling objects that are part of everyday life and mainly by interacting with people around him. The insertion and invention of/in the educational space is aimed at transforming the suffering in life and learning possibilities. The result of this work creates structural transformations in the coexistence between Philip and all the individuals that interact with him. When consolidated conversation networks enable the construction of knowledge areas that are able to support another way of living.

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Author Biography

Cláudia Rodrigues de Freitas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

http://lattes.cnpq.br/5266827280052272

Cláudia Rodrigues de Freitas é Doutora em Educação pelo PPGEDU/UFRGS, na Linha de pesquisa “Processos de Exclusão e Participação em Educação Especial”. Possui Formação em Psicopedagogia pela Escuela Psicopedagógica de Buenos Aires – EPsiBA em Curso de Formación En Psicopedagogia Clínica. Foi professora na Rede Municipal de Porto Alegre até julho de 2010, atuando no Atendimento Educacional Especializado (AEE) com crianças de zero a seis anos. Foi Professora Substituta na Faculdade de Educação da UFRGS em 2011 e 2012. Integrante do Núcleo de Estudos em Políticas de Inclusão Escolar – NEPIE/FACED/UFRGS. É Preceptora em Educação na Residência Integrada Multiprofissional em Saúde Mental Coletiva: formação em área profissional da saúde na modalidade educação pós-graduada em serviço – UFRGS. Atualmente faz Pós-doutorado na linha de pesquisa de Processos de Exclusão e Participação em Educação Especial – UFRGS.

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Published

2014-06-02

How to Cite

Freitas, C. R. de. (2014). Philip dos civilizados: the wild boy from stone jungle. Special Education Magazine, 27(49), 431–446. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X8954

Issue

Revista Educação Especial, v. 27, n. 49, maio/ago. 2014

Section

Continuous Demand

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