O Centro de Atenção Integral à Criança e ao Adolescente Vicente Machado Menezes (1994-2005) : “um legado de ensinamentos e aprendizado” na cidade de Itabaiana/SE

Abstract

This monograph aims to investigate the historical aspects that permeate the model of the Center for Attention to Children and Adolescents (CAIC) Vicente Machado Menezes located in the city of Itabaiana, State of Sergipe. Thereby, we sought to analyze some aspects of education in Itabaiana, the implementation of the CAIC, as well as discuss the implementation of the Child and Adolescent Care Center in the national context, to continue subsequently with the reflections of the implantation and aspects of the first steps of its operation in the city of Itabaiana where is the focus of the present work. Furthermore, to understand from the reports of former directors who worked in the school unit in question, how the school routine of the CAIC Vicente Machado Meneses. The study period was delimited since the creation of the institution on December 26th, 1994, through decree no. 15.163 until the exit process of the school from the place in which it was built, by Law no. 1184, of November 08, 2005. We chose to use oral sources through interviews with former directors, as well as documentary sources found in the school files. Thus, through the readings added to field research, it became possible to realize how important it is to understand the history of an institution, in order to not only visualize what has had an effect in it, but also unplanned projects, experienced or silenced practices. It is concluded that the CAIC Vicente Machado Menezes was a significant educational institution for the itabaianense community, since it was considered as an innovative system for the time, and today it is considered as an important historical landmark of the city's history for the local population.