The aim of this paper is to present reflections on the pedagogical action and specialized services in Special Education in Brazil. The aim is to discuss trends, characteristics and challenges that feature Brazilian educational services supply as well as the action of specialist teachers. This analysis aims to contribute to the understanding of how educational policies have changed and how these changes took the Special Education Resource Room to a priority service level in the Brazilian educational policy, regarding warranting specialized educational services for students with disabilities, pervasive developmental disorders and high ability/giftedness. What are the challenges associated with the Special Education Resource Room as a school space and as a pedagogical device? How have contemporary studies been analyzing the recent experiences within the national context? The following aspects are considered in these reflections: the growth of educational inclusion as a guiding policy for Brazilian education; eligibility for service providing, in terms of legal documents and guidance; academic discussion on the need for advances in Special Education Resource Room's quality, indicating the necessary dissemination of the produced knowledge and the intensification of its pedagogical outcome in the relations with the educational curriculum and teaching activities in general.
Special Education; Specialized Services; Special Education Resource Room; Educational Inclusion; National Association of Post-Graduation and Research