Abstract
This research aimed to identify, by conducting and analyzing interviews with 55 school psychologists, conceptions about favoring practices to learning and development at school context. Most professionals concluded Psychology course for more than 20 years ago, did not have graduation focused on School Psychology neither had realized supervisioned internship and post graduations in this area. The intervention of the interviewed professionals focused on students, parents and school professionals, although often the practice with such groups occur isolatedly. For participants, the favoring practices included mainly to intervene with students, followed by to intervene with relations, with parents, in the pedagogical framework and with school professionals. The results indicate the relevance of initial and continued formations in School Psychology as contexts to develop specific school psychologist’s competences and to forge social commitment with the promotion of learning and development.
Keywords:
school psychology; professional formation; favoring practices
