The Role of Professional Primary School Services (Pedagogue, Psychologist) in the Process of Inclusion (with Special Aspect of Hyperactive Children)☆

Abstract Restlessness, inattention, excessive activity of children are characteristics that are increasingly noticed in the behavior of school children. What is important for the teacher, and for professional school services, is their awareness and knowledge of the category which these symptoms belong to. In practice, there are often cases where these symptoms may occur among children who are restless, with behavioral problems, but these symptoms may also occur among children with hyperactive behavior. Their clear delineation and placement in the appropriate category of children are the first steps in the identification of children with hyperactive behavior, which is a requirement for a timely and appropriate treatment of these children. Hence the role of professional services in the school is of invaluable importance and therefore their education and training to work with these children are essential. We conducted a research in the primary schools in Stip in order to see how much knowledge about the hyperactive child symptoms and their treatment our professional school services have. Thereby through the interview with pedagogues and psychologists we wanted to get the data on: their capability for recognition of hyperactive children, their information about the same issue and their skills and abilities to deal with them.