Um olhar sobre a formação do aluno com doença falciforme

Abstract

Sickle cell disease encompasses a group of hereditary hemolytic anemias, of Afro-descendant origin, which changes the shape of red blood cells, changing its elliptical form to that of sickle, when in crisis. People with sickle cell disease may have frequent crisis, which impairs their social activities, including schoolrelated ones.With this in view, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the importance of the school for the intellectual and social development of students with sickle cell disease. To carry out this study a structured questionnaire was appliedto students with sickle cell diseaseand their mothers, teachers, engineers and managers of two public schools in the city of Monte do Carmo -TO. The results evidencedstudents' difficulties with the disease inschool environment, the perceptionof mothers in relation to the limitedpedagogical monitoring of their children from teaching units and the lack of knowledge from education professionals about the subject. Therefore, studentswith sickle cell diseasecan’t enjoy a satisfactory learning, as they don’t receive proper monitoringin their cognitive, personal and schoolneeds, which signals the need ofcontinuous guidancefor education professionals, focused on this subject.