THE BEGINNING OF LIFE: EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION OF BABIES AND CHILDREN WITH ZIKA VIRUS CONGENITAL SYNDROME
Inclusive Education. Child Education. Teacher Training. Congenital Zika Syndrome.
The main problem of the research is the educational inclusion in the early childhood education of infants and children with Congenital Zika Syndrome, with the general objective to understand how happens the inclusion of these children in day care centers and preschools after outbreak of the disease in 2015/2016 - with funding and support from the Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination - Brazil (CAPES) - Financing Code 001. The issues that guided this study were presented by the following questions: Is Early Childhood Education prepared to receive them? How to work with these infants and children? What to expect and what to offer to contribute to its development? In search of answers and apprehension of this reality, adopting the premises of the historical-cultural perspective and as a methodology the collaborative research from the principles of collaborative action research in the field of Education, it was assumed that there is still little available knowledge about the education of infants and children affected by Congenital Zika Syndrome and, therefore, to analise research on the subject of inclusion in early childhood education is essential to build the theoretical framework that will be reflected in educational practices for / with this new audience. Therefore, our working hypothesis focuses on the understanding that educational inclusion and early stimulation are interventions that if carried out with planning, follow-up and support are effective in the development of children aged 0-3 years and 4-5 years affected by Congenital Zika Syndrome. We also believe that the education professionals need to receive continuing education and training to work with this new scenario that opens in kindergartens and preschools since the Zika Virus outbreak, which occurred mainly between 2015 and 2016 in Brazil. In this sense, this paper presents a reflection on this contemporary educational context, whereas, until the present moment, it has been verified that the discussion and studies in this country regarding the inclusive perspective for the first stage of basic education is still insipient.