Visão dos graduandos do curso de Fonoaudiologia acerca da Fonoaudiologia Educacional a partir de suas experiências teórico-práticas

Abstract

Purpose: this study aims to discuss speech language pathology graduates views about educational speech language pathology actions, as well to verify the knowledge and the theoretical and practical experiences acquired during their graduation course. Methods: 78 graduates from speech language therapy last year graduation course participated in this study. They belong to five Brazilian universities and answered a questionnaire with open questions about their formation emphathizing speech language pathology in the educational context. Results: most graduates students understand that their graduation courses propitiate knowledge about speech language pathology in the educational context, 27,63% related that this knowledge represent a clinical perspective and 14,47% of them related that they receive during the graduation course informations about a speech language pathology actuation that empathizes language and learning promotion. 43,59% mentioned that speech language pathology function inside school should be clinical, 25,64% related that their function must be language promotion and 14,10% named both ways of action. Conclusions: through the graduates reports it was possible to notice that graduation courses at this area tend to discuss speech language pathology actuation inside school in a clinical perspective. Besides that, it was possible to notice that a minority of the graduates was capable to discuss speech language pathology actions in school through language and education promotion actions. Conclusão: pode-se perceber por meio dos relatos de graduandos em Fonoaudiologia que os cursos de graduação nesta área ainda tendem a discutir a Fonoaudiologia Educacional apenas sob um enfoque clínico dentro da escola. Apesar disso, já se percebe uma minoria que discorre a respeito da atuação do fonoaudiólogo educacional por meio de ações de promoção da linguagem e da educação.