Abstract

ALVES, Fabíola Fernanda Patrocínio. Inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood education: process in construction. Educação. Porto Alegre [online]. 2018, vol.41, n.2, pp.270-279.  Epub July 04, 2019. ISSN 1981-2582.  https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2018.2.26786.

This article results from a theoretical study and aims to discuss the inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood education, highlighting the practices and challenges of this ongoing process. It presents general considerations about the concept of childhood, signaling that disability is an experience establishing singularities in how children experience their childhood. Said the establishment of the field of early childhood education, with its rise of the “underground” of activity, linked to the welfare stage of Bbasic Education, organized by reference which gives it importance and proper attribution in educational policy. Finally, contextualizes special education from the perspective of inclusive education, pointing out the challenges related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in the day care and preschool.

Keywords : Childhood; Children with disabilities; Special education; Early childhood education.

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