Facing the violence: the perception of the education professionals about the violation of children’s and adolescents’ rights

Abstract

The violation of children’s and adolescents’ rights is goal of concern in a protective society. We have often seen them show their concerns about the issues that violate the children’s and adolescents’ rights such as physical, sexual and psychological violence; negligence which is present in the school context. Thus,this study aimed at understanding the perception of teachers regarding the children’s and adolescents’ right violation. Twenty teachers from public schools of Santa Maria/RS participated of this study. A semi-structured interview and a biosocial-demographic and labor questionnaire were utilized. Among the results,the physical violence was the most identified violation and the ways of facing mentioned were to trigger the Tutelary Council and call the people responsible for the child. Most of the teachers were engaged to the issue; yet, they have felt unprepared and insecure for acting before violation situations experienced at school. This way, it is suggested the construction of teacher training programs which empowers them facing the violation of child’s and adolescent’s rights.