Mariana Aparecida Costa

Experiências e especificidades da violência escolar na percepção de funcionários de uma escola pública

Objective: to understand the experience and specificities episodes of violence at school, regarding the statement of employees of a school in the town of Divinopolis-MG. Method: we used the qualitative method, and the data collected through semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed by content analysis. Results: for the staff, the educational institution is the subjection of a disorder that has been disseminating and making his main character weakness. Involving all school staff, violence enters the quality of service thereof, with effects on their stories of violence as witnesses, victims and/or listeners. Conclusion: the study shows that violence has multifactorial origins. The focus of these interventions includes reducing the inappropriate behavior of students and enable/strengthening of the behavior of employees and other member of the school environment

Assessment of nutritional status in comparison to neuropsychomotor development in children: a descriptive study

Aim: To assess nutritional status by relating it to the neuropsychomotor development of children. Method: This is a descriptive and quantitative study that was developed in an early childhood education center in the north part of the city of Sao Paulo. The sample consisted of 82 children aged one to four years. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively by calculating the absolute and relative frequencies for the quantitative variables. Results: Most children were male (60.9%), and had white skin color (59%). We observed an incidence of approximately 36% of cases of overweight and a relationship with the participants’ psychomotor development, especially in the gross motor area and in terms of balance, where the greatest difficulties were found with regard to such overweight children. Conclusion: The nutritional status affects the neuropsychomotor development in the sample studied. The development of children may be influenced by their nutritional status, and obesity may pose risks in terms of gross motor performance.