Abstract
This article aims to contribute to the discussion and constitution of ways of acting of psychologists in the school, in opposition to the clinical, medicalizing and biologizing models, sometimes still hegemonic. Of theoretical and methodological nature, this study assumes the theoretical-methodological assumptions of Historical-Cultural Psychology, especially those formulated by Vygotsky, which have been the basis for investigations and actions in the area of Critical School Psychology, aiming at overcoming the challenges of Basic Education, and which has been objectified through dialogic, reflective and integrative human development psychological practices that consider the context and concrete life conditions of the subjects, understanding that these actions can only be operationalized in and with the collective, and that the partnership with educators is the driving force of this way of acting. As university professors and researchers of the school Psychology area, we reaffirm our commitment to defend the place of Psychology professionals in the technical team of the school, and in the fight against forms of action that are based on the school complaint centered on students or on their families, in order to build a practice that effectively contributes to the development of all those involved in the long and complex process of schooling.
Historic-Cultural Psychology; Educational and School Psychology; Psychology of Art; Group Processes; Psychological Practices