School Psychology in the schools of Boa Vista (RR): teachers' conceptions

Abstract This study aimed to investigate teachers' conceptions about the possibilities of School Psychology (PE) in public schools in Boa Vista (RR) and to verify the demands in this context. There were 131 teachers with a mean age of 42.6 years (SD = 7.53), the majority being female (65.6%). These answered a single open-ended question and demographic questions. It has verified that the performance of the EP has conceived both within the clinical model and in a broader perspective of the school, converging to the so-called systemic model. In addition, the data reinforced the need of insertion of the EP in the school and indicated the emergent demands demanded by the current scenario of the Brazilian education. Despite the identified advances, there is still a challenge of overcoming the clinical vision of the work of the EP, through less exclusive professional practices and critical positions on the school reality.