Health professionals have a prominent role in the treatment of children with deficiencies. In view of this prominence, we have investigated how these professionals conceive the inclusion of children with deficiencies. With this object in mind, we conducted interviews with health professionals, based on two case studies of children with cerebral palsy. To put the verbalizations into context, we also interviewed the children's parents. Qualitative analysis was based on the network of meanings. Results show that professionals are used to working within diverse contexts, presenting distinct practices and discourses, which are determined by the institution's structure and aims. In addition, the professionals' work was either constrained by the children's characteristics or by the family organization. The professional's intervention with the child with the deficiency depends on the child's overall incapacity, usually tending to constrain the process of inclusion.
Cerebral palsy; Professional of health; Socialization