Rogério Drago

O bebê com síndrome de Down na de educação infantil: um estudo de caso

This article aims to describe the process of adding a baby with Down syndrome enrolled in a regular school Early Childhood Education. The adopted methodological approach took the picture of the case study with descriptive approach a historical-cultural perspective, talking mainly with Vygotsky and his followers, who consider the baby as the subject socio-historical-cultural immersed in the macro society as knower. The study was developed in a federal school kindergarten and the survey data, it emphasizes that the subject with Down syndrome has features, quirks and characteristics that are unique to the chromosomal accident that causes (even without medical conclusion) Down syndrome, however, when the school of early childhood education and its professionals understand the baby with or without disabilities is subject producer of history and culture, protagonist of his process, tend to work in the sense that this guy can and should be part of all routine as an active member of the teaching-learning process. In addition, the research showed that the developed pedagogical practices every day they realized lead him to the development of their higher mental functions, to the extent that participated actively in all that was proposed.

A criança com Síndrome Cri-Du-Chat na escola comum: um estudo de caso

This text aims to present Cri-Du-Chat Syndrome or Cat’s Meow, as is commonly known, in relation to medical and educational aspects involved in the development of people who have this condition, as well as from one case study conducted in a public school of Vila Velha – Espirito Santo, reflect on how it has been done the process of teaching and learning with students who have this syndrome. The present study is structured in three parts. The first part evokes medical and biological issues relevant to the syndrome. The second shows the relevance of inclusive education process from a socio-historical perspective. At the end, brings aspects of the case study conducted.