This study aimed to identify the needs of professional intervention in psychology in schools of the southern capital. To obtain the information, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 professionals from 16 educational institutions, and these schools, kindergartens and early childhood centers. From the analysis of the information, identified three different psychologist's performance expectations: a) the psychologist as a professional engaged in the resolution of conflicts between family and school; b) the psychologist as a professional who works in the diagnosis and individual care of the "student-problem", and c) the psychologist as a professional prevention and health promotion. The study showed that there is an urgent need to invest in a teacher education attentive to the complexity of constituent elements of educational processes and training of psychologists prepared to take a stand against the current of medicalized demands.
School psychology; psychologist performance; teaching work