Conocimientos de docentes de básica primaria sobre trastornos mentales prevalentes en la infancia.

Abstract

The great impact of psychology in all areas of daily life, has generated processes of normalization of various behaviors, based on the inclusion law 1618 of 2013, this research aims to determine the knowledge of primary school teachers about Child mental disorders prevalent in the Colombian population: Generalized Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, Depression, Intellectual Disability, TC, ASD, ADHD, ODD and Specific Learning Disorders. The sample is of 80 teachers from four official and unofficial educational institutions, with non-probabilistic sampling rate by quotas. Quantitative research with descriptive design. It was determined that there is not a proportionally large difference between levels of knowledge, there is no low knowledge about mental disorders, which concludes the importance of compliance with teacher training programs.