Abstract
This work aims at carrying out a survey and description of students’ participation policies in schools, in addition to identifying methods for the implementation of these policies and reflecting on how School Psychology can contribute to the development of these proposals. It articulates the contributions of the dialogical education defended by Paulo Freire and the assumptions of the German Critical Psychology in order to build a framework for psychologists in schools and thus help them strengthen and promote the autonomy of the subjects. The data sources for this documental study were the educational plans of the federal, state and municipal levels and the school charter of the city of Campinas, Brazil. The results showed that, despite the existence of specific laws that deem students’ participation necessary for democratic management, the implementation of these practices still needs to find ways to come about. With that in mind, we reflected on how psychologists’ actions in schools can strengthen participatory spaces and thus develop capabilities like dialogue, negotiation and non-violent resolution of daily problems.
Participation; School Psychology; Democratic Management