Da patologização à homogeneização do comportamento infantil: segregação ou inclusão?

Abstract

This paper presents the theme of medicalization in the school environment. The methodology used was a bibliographic review. The objective was to answer questions pertinent to the phenomenon of pathologization in school education and its implications for the teaching and learning process of students. To this end, the chapters address pathologization in the school environment, the use of medicalization to overcome learning problems, and the nosology presented in the DSM. The results point to a situation in which the processes of pathologization, medicalization, and classification through reports stigmatize them, leading to the process of exclusion and to the detriment of their psychological, affective, emotional, and academic development.