Abstract

ROMERO, Rosalinda  and  LAURETTI, Paola. Educational integration of disadvantaged people in Latin America. Educere [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.33, pp.347-356. ISSN 1316-4910.

Integration is a continuous and progressive process, with the finality of incorporating the individual with special need into the community, and it represents a transcendental landmark in education. The objective was to know the state of the art of educational integration for disadvantaged people in Latin America. The document investigation method was used, reviewing databases and finding 40 documents: 14 descriptive researches, 13 theoretical researches and 13 were included as field experiences. A movement was conceived for the whole region to favor the integration of disadvantaged people, with the difficulties of an economic nature that prevail in all the contexts. The experiences in teacher training, in spite of being specific, represent the process where sensibilization and consensual agreement of all the actors in the community are considered as the fundamental axis.

Keywords : integration; education; school; disadvantage; special educational needs.