Children with learning difficulties attending a psychopedagogic school program: evaluation of self-concept

Objetivou-se avaliar o autoconceito de 40 crianças de ambos os sexos, na faixa etária de 7 a 10 anos, alunos de 1ª e 2ª série de uma escola da rede pública do município de Uberaba-MG, com nível intelectual pelo menos médio inferior, divididas em dois grupos: o G1 reuniu 20 crianças com dificuldades de aprendizagem escolar que freqüentam, além do ensino regular, um programa complementar denominado Ensino Alternativo e o G2, por sua vez, foi composto por 20 crianças sem dificuldades escolares freqüentando o ensino regular com bom rendimento. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Matrizes Progressivas Coloridas - Raven Infantil - Escala Especial e Escala Infantil Piers-Harris de Autoconceito. Observou-se que as crianças do G1 apresentaram tanto o escore de autoconceito global quanto os escores de status intelectual e popularidade significativamente menor do que as crianças do G2.The objective of the present study was to assess the self-concept of 40 children of both sexes aged 7 to 10 years, enrolled in 1st and 2nd grade in a public school in the municipality of Uberaba, MG, of at least medium low intellectual level, divided into two groups: G1, consisting of 20 children with learning difficulties who were enrolled in a complementary program denoted Alternative Teaching in addition to the regular school program, and G2, consisting of 20 children with no learning difficulties, enrolled in a regular school program with good performance. The instruments used were: Progressive Color Matrices - Childhood Raven - Special Scale and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale-Revised Manual. G1 children were found to have significantly lower overall self-concept and intellectual status scores, as well as significantly lower popularity than G2 children