A Educação Permanente à Saúde (EPS) é um importante instrumento para garantir qualidade do cuidado em Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS). O Projeto Telessaúde RS objetiva avaliar as necessidades em EPS e qualificar a APS por meio de ferramentas de teleducação e teleassistência. Objetivo: Avaliar necessidades em EPS percebidas por médicos das equipes de Saúde da Família dos municípios participantes do Projeto Telessaúde RS. Método: Estudo transversal do censo de profissionais médicos de equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) de 32 municípios do Rio Grande do Sul e Estudo Delphi de docentes de disciplinas em APS, preceptores de Residências de Medicina de Família e Comunidade, pesquisadores, gestores e profissionais da APS do Rio Grande do Sul. Resultados: Os temas em EPS com maior necessidade percebida estão associados às áreas de saúde mental, doenças cardiovasculares e outras doenças crônico-degenerativas como Hipertensão e Diabetes. Observa-se concordância de leve à moderada (Kappa 0,2- 0,5) entre as necessidades em EPS de médicos do Projeto Telessaúde e o consenso do Estudo Delphi. A satisfação com o salário e a formação em Medicina de Família estão associados com maior concordância (p<0,05). Há pobre concordância entre necessidades percebidas e causas de internações por condições sensíveis à APS (ICSAP) mais freqüentes. Conclusão: O estudo Delphi constitui-se em ferramenta de apoio para condução de políticas de EPS. A avaliação da efetividade da APS por meio das ICSAPs deve ser incluída no processo de planejamento do cuidado em APS pelas equipes. / The Continuos Professional Development (CPD) is an important instrument to guarantee quality of care in Primary Health Care (PHC). The Telessaúde Project objective to evaluate the necessities in PHE and to qualifying the PHC through teleeducation tools and teleassistance. Goals: To evaluate necessities in CPD perceived by medical doctors of the Family Health teams of participant cities of the Telessaúde RS Project. Method: Crosssectional study with census of medical professionals of Family Health Strategy teams (FHS), within 33 cities of the Rio Grande do Sul and Delphi study with professors of disciplines about PHC, preceptores of residences of family practice, researchers, managers and medical professionals of Rio Grande do Sul PHC. Results: The subjects in CPD with major perceived necessity are associates to areas of mental health, cardiovascular disease and others chronic degenerative diseases like Diabetes and Hypertension . We observed fair to moderate agreement (Kappa 0,2-0,5) between the necessities in CPD of Telessaúde Project doctors and the consensus of Delphi Study. The wage satisfaction and the Family Medicine Graduate were associated with major agreement (p< 0,05). Poor agreement was detected between perceived necessities and Hospitalizations for ambulatory care Sensitive conditions (HACSC) more frequent. Conclusion: The Delphi study, consists in a tool of support for conduction of PHE policies. The evaluation of the effectivity of the PHC by through of the HACSC must be enclosed in the process of planning the PHC care. / Telemedicina

Essa dissertação de mestrado teve por objetivo analisar as experiências em gênero e diversidade sexual, com base em narrativas de professores e professoras que realizaram o curso Gênero e Diversidade na Escola (GDE). Buscou-se compreender, também, os processos de comprometimento com o tema no que tange à quebra do silenciamento dos temas gênero e diversidade sexual imposto nos âmbitos social, acadêmico e escolar. Desse modo, pretende-se contribuir com o debate sobre a formação docente em gênero e diversidade sexual, por meio da discussão da formação continuada oferecida no GDE. O GDE examinado foi oferecido pela UNESP campus de Rio Claro na cidade de Jaú, interior de São Paulo. A formação foi ofertada aos (as) professores (as) da educação básica da rede eestadual e da rede municipal duas vezes entre 2009 e 2010. Nessa pesquisa, são analisadas as discussões, realizadas em fóruns, e os memoriais entregues por 30 professores-cursistas de uma turma do polo de Jaú, no ano de 2009. Por meio de uma análise qualitativa e do método da análise de prosa (ANDRÉ, 1983), essa pesquisa analisa as marcas da experiência em gênero e diversidade sexual que esses (as) professores (as) revelaram durante o curso. Com base nos estudos de Jorge Larrosa (2002, 2011) examina-se o GDE enquanto experiência e verifica-se como essa experiência criou comprometimentos dos sujeitos envolvidos com o tema e deixou marcas em seu pensar e agir. Tais marcas revelaram que os (as) professores (as) buscaram a formação por meio de diferentes aspirações relacionadas a duas dimensões de comprometimento com o tema, a dimensão pessoal e a profissional. Desse modo, a pesquisa revela que a maneira pela qual cada um (uma) apreendeu os conceitos do curso e (trans)formou sua subjetividade a partir das reflexões realizadas foi única, tendo diferentes intensidades. Revelou, ainda, que os processos pelos quais se consolidam e reelaboram os próprios conceitos sobre gênero e diversidade sexual são contraditórios e marcados por pausas, avanços ou retrocessos. Contudo, o GDE demonstra ser um impulsionador para a reflexão acerca do gênero e da diversidade sexual, revelando ter potencial para iniciar (trans)formações das práticas escolares relacionadas a essas questões. / The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the experiences on gender and sexual diversity based on narratives of teachers who attended the training program Gênero e Diversidade na Escola (Gender and Sexual Diversity) GDE. Additionally, I seek to understand the process of commitment to the issue considering the breach of the silence imposed in social, academic and school contexts about gender and sexual diversity. I intend to contribute to the debate about teachers training on gender and sexual diversity by discussing the continuing education offered by GDE. The training was offered twice between 2009 and 2010 to basic education teachers working in both city and state public education networks. In this research I analyze discussions held in forums and memorials written by 30 teachers who attended the course in Jaú São Paulo State, in 2009. Through qualitative research and prose analysis method (André, 1983), this investigation examines traces of experience in gender and sexual diversity revealed by teachers during the course. Based on Jorge Larrosas work (2002, 2011), I investigate GDE teachers training program as an experience, trying to explore the ways this experience constructed teachers commitments to the issue as well as what traces it may have left on their thinking and action abilities. Such traces indicated that teachers looked for this particular course inspired by different desires basically relating to two dimensions of commitment to the issue, the personal and the professional dimensions. Therefore the research indicates that the way each teacher learned the concepts discussed in the course - and transformed his/her subjectivity - was unique and had different levels of intensity. Results show that the process through which teachers consolidate and resignify their own concepts of gender and sexual diversity are contradictory and characterized by breaks, advances or regressions. However, GDE appears to promote the reflection about gender and sexual diversity, pointing out its potential to start off transformation of school practices on these issues.

A Educação Permanente à Saúde (EPS) é um importante instrumento para garantir qualidade do cuidado em Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS). O Projeto Telessaúde RS objetiva avaliar as necessidades em EPS e qualificar a APS por meio de ferramentas de teleducação e teleassistência. Objetivo: Avaliar necessidades em EPS percebidas por médicos das equipes de Saúde da Família dos municípios participantes do Projeto Telessaúde RS. Método: Estudo transversal do censo de profissionais médicos de equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) de 32 municípios do Rio Grande do Sul e Estudo Delphi de docentes de disciplinas em APS, preceptores de Residências de Medicina de Família e Comunidade, pesquisadores, gestores e profissionais da APS do Rio Grande do Sul. Resultados: Os temas em EPS com maior necessidade percebida estão associados às áreas de saúde mental, doenças cardiovasculares e outras doenças crônico-degenerativas como Hipertensão e Diabetes. Observa-se concordância de leve à moderada (Kappa 0,2- 0,5) entre as necessidades em EPS de médicos do Projeto Telessaúde e o consenso do Estudo Delphi. A satisfação com o salário e a formação em Medicina de Família estão associados com maior concordância (p<0,05). Há pobre concordância entre necessidades percebidas e causas de internações por condições sensíveis à APS (ICSAP) mais freqüentes. Conclusão: O estudo Delphi constitui-se em ferramenta de apoio para condução de políticas de EPS. A avaliação da efetividade da APS por meio das ICSAPs deve ser incluída no processo de planejamento do cuidado em APS pelas equipes. / The Continuos Professional Development (CPD) is an important instrument to guarantee quality of care in Primary Health Care (PHC). The Telessaúde Project objective to evaluate the necessities in PHE and to qualifying the PHC through teleeducation tools and teleassistance. Goals: To evaluate necessities in CPD perceived by medical doctors of the Family Health teams of participant cities of the Telessaúde RS Project. Method: Crosssectional study with census of medical professionals of Family Health Strategy teams (FHS), within 33 cities of the Rio Grande do Sul and Delphi study with professors of disciplines about PHC, preceptores of residences of family practice, researchers, managers and medical professionals of Rio Grande do Sul PHC. Results: The subjects in CPD with major perceived necessity are associates to areas of mental health, cardiovascular disease and others chronic degenerative diseases like Diabetes and Hypertension . We observed fair to moderate agreement (Kappa 0,2-0,5) between the necessities in CPD of Telessaúde Project doctors and the consensus of Delphi Study. The wage satisfaction and the Family Medicine Graduate were associated with major agreement (p< 0,05). Poor agreement was detected between perceived necessities and Hospitalizations for ambulatory care Sensitive conditions (HACSC) more frequent. Conclusion: The Delphi study, consists in a tool of support for conduction of PHE policies. The evaluation of the effectivity of the PHC by through of the HACSC must be enclosed in the process of planning the PHC care. / Telemedicina

L'évaluation des pratiques professionnelles (EPP) est venue compléter les dispositifs de formation continue depuis la loi « Hôpital Patient Santé Territoire » de 2009. La question s'est alors posée de la contribution de l'évaluation des pratiques professionnelles au développement professionnel continu (DPC) en Odontologie. Répondre à cette interrogation nécessite de s'interroger sur la définition du développement professionnel continu. Ce travail de recherche aborde une réflexion double : - sur les fondements théoriques et les implications pédagogiques d'une visée réflexive de l'Évaluation des Pratiques Professionnelles en odontologie dans une perspective de développement professionnel continu ; - sur les enjeux éthiques induits dans la construction des projets pédagogiques. La loi de 2009 inscrit le développement professionnel en tant que dispositif de formation. Or en recherche pédagogique, le développement professionnel s'inscrit dans une perspective de développement des compétences et de construction identitaire du professionnel. Le mouvement pédagogique de professionnalisation de la formation en santé fait mention de compétences attendues et de pratiques réflexives. Dans les débats théoriques et politiques, il est peu question de définition de l'évaluation au-delà des exercices de qualification de « l'acte professionnel », et encore moins d'une réflexion sur la dimension éthique des démarches d'évaluation dans le processus de professionnalisation. L'absence de cadres théoriques stabilisés a conduit à une méthodologie de recherche de type inductive: un volet théorique fondé sur une stratégie d'analyse des écrits théoriques, et un volet exploratoire auprès des responsables pédagogiques de formation initiale et continue en odontologie. La synthèse des deux volets, en dépassant l'opposition théorie et pratique, suggère une relecture de la visée réflexive de l'évaluation des pratiques professionnelles, et replace la complexité d'un processus de questionnement de l'agir professionnel dans l'exercice de la normativité médicale. / With the "Hospital, Patients, Health and Territories" (HPST) Act of 2009, the Evaluation of Professional Practices (EPP) has supplemented the continuing education program. It has since become important to question the contribution of the evaluation of professional practices in Continuing Professional Development (CPD), particularly in the field of Dentistry. However answering this question requires us to define continuing professional development. This research tackles two complementary aspects: first, the theoretical and pedagogical implications behind the Evaluation of Professional Practices in dentistry in a continuing professional development perspective; - and, second, the ethical issues implied in the construction of educational projects. The 2009 legislation considers professional development as a training mechanism. In educational research, however, professional development is understood as part of building the identity and skills set of the professional, whereas expected skills and reflective practices are linked to the movement of professionalization in health education. In theoretical and political debates, the notion of evaluation is overlooked or restrained to the "professional act", as well as any reflection on the ethical dimension of the evaluation procedures during the process of professionalization. The lack of established theoretical frameworks has led to an inductive type of research: a theoretical part based on analysis of theoretical writings, and an exploratory component among education officials in charge of initial and continuing education in dentistry. The synthesis of these two parts, beyond the opposition of theory and practice, suggests that a fresh look is needed in relation to the evaluation of professional practices and reflective practice, and puts the complexity of the process of questioning the professional action at the heart of the exercise of medical normativity.

Utvecklingen inom industribranschen sker snabbt där maskiner, processer och fabriker blir både mer komplexa och mer avancerade. Industribranschen ställer höga krav på de som ska arbeta inom industrin och det ställer nya krav på yrkeslärarna som ska utbilda den framtida arbetskraften. Detta innebär att yrkeslärare behöver kontinuerlig fortbildning och yrkeskompetensutveckling för att vara up to date med sitt grundyrke och sin yrkesidentitet. Syftet med studien var att beskriva yrkeslärares erfarenheter av och möjligheten till yrkeskompetensutveckling inom sitt yrkesområde på industritekniska programmet inriktning produkt och maskinteknik. En kvalitativ forskningsansats användes utifrån semistrukturerade intervjuer (n=4) med yrkeslärare på industritekniska programmet. Intervjuerna analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. De fyra informanterna jobbade på tre olika skolor varav två av skolorna bedrivs i helt kommunal regi medan den tredje bedrivs ute hos ett företag på uppdrag av kommunen. I resultatet framkom tre huvudkategorier av yrkeslärares erfarenheter av yrkeskompetensutveckling; Behov av yrkeskompetensutveckling, Främjande faktorer för yrkeskompetensutveckling samt Hindrande faktorer för yrkeskompetensutveckling. I studien framkommer att yrkeskompetensutveckling är viktigt utifrån den förändring som sker inom industribranschen. Möjligheter till yrkeskompetenutveckling sker genom exempelvis utbildningar eller externa aktörer men yrkeslärarna upplevde även hinder till densamma då skolorna oftast anordnar kompetensutveckling som ska passa alla lärare på hela skolan eller på grund av för stram ekonomi. / Developments in the industrial industry are cutting fast. Machines, processes and factories are becoming both more complex and more advanced. The industry places high demands on those who will work in the industry and it places new demands on the vocational teachers who will train the future workforce. This means that vocational teachers need continuous training and vocational skills development to be up to date with their basic profession and professional identity. The aim was to describe vocational teachers' experiences of and the possibility of continuing professional development within their professional area in the industrial engineering program focusing on product and mechanical engineering. A qualitative research approach was used based on semi-structured interviews (n=4) with vocational teachers on the engineering program. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The four informants worked at three different schools, two of which are run entirely municipally, while the third is conducted at a company on behalf of the municipality. In the result, three main categories emerged; Need for continuing professional development, Promoting factors for continuing professional development and obstacles for continuing professional development. The study shows that vocational skills development is important based on the change that is taking place in the industrial industry. Opportunities for professional development are made through, for example, education or external actors, but vocational teachers also experience obstacles to the same as schools usually arrange competence development that should suit all teachers throughout the school or due to tight finances.

This diploma thesis deals with a topic of continuing professional development of nurses in the Czech Republic. The text is divided into two mutually connected dimensions. The first one focuses on a nurse as a stakeholder with certain motivations, strategies, and attitudes. The second dimension discusses the existing system of continuing professional development for nurses in terms of its implementation, form, as well as dysfunctional elements, and future challenges. The thesis shows a connection between the above dimensions. The formalised system of continuing professional development is supposed to affect nursing profession. At the same time, nurses are expected to be involved in the decision-making process. These assumptions are faced with the reality in the thesis. A qualitative study among nurses and experts leads to a conclusion that the current system does not fulfil nurses' both professional (in terms of quality and relevance of the education provided) and personal (financial and time burden) needs. Thus it hardly achieves its original goals. Should the system be changed, the nurses must engage in the decision-making process, which they currently do not. The continuing professional development might serve as one of the solutions to the insufficient political participation of nurses. Despite...

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Since the independence of Mozambique in 1975 teacher education and teacher continuing professional development (TCPD) have been a matter of concern for the Ministry of Education (MINED) and teachers. Both the MINED as employer and the teachers individually have permanently been looking for models and ways to upgrade their academic and professional qualifications levels. The constraints faced by Mozambique are similar to those faced by other sub-Saharan African countries since their independence due to the increased pressure for more attention to all levels of education, with particular emphasis on primary education. Although TCPD is usually seen as part of the overall Strategy for Teacher Education (Ministry and Education and Culture, 2004), this scenario privileges initial teacher education since there are many unqualified teachers facilitating learning. The main challenge of this study was to investigate the practices of primary school teachers in Grades 1 and 2 through a participatory action research (PAR) in a study titled Exploring Professional Development Intervention for Improving the Teaching Practices of Primary School Teache. Mixed methods research was used, namely quantitative and qualitative methods. A quantitative method was used during the baseline study which consisted of questionnaires administrated to 1 028 teachers from six provinces in the country. Qualitative research was used with five practitioner-researchers (PRs) in one school. Each PR was approached as a single case study. The findings of this PAR indicate that, on the one hand, the teachers are aware of the need for more academic and pedagogical qualifications, and on the other hand, of the individual responsibility they have. They believe that progression in their careers should be a credible procedure that recognises the TCPD programmes they have attended. The teachers are of the opinion that the MINED should formally recognise the TCPD by allocating credit points to teachers. Although the self-directed professional development (SDPD) model used in this study was time consuming, it has revealed that TCPD can provide effective results when with the appropriate support and follow-up of methods of facilitating the learning of reading and writing skills in Grades 1 and 2. The study involved all teachers appointed to Grade 1 in 2007, and continued with the same teachers until 2010. During this period the teachers were appointed to facilitate learning in Grades 1 and 2. Notwithstanding the fact that the PRs were only from 2 of the 7 grades provided in primary education, the study revealed the advantage of whole school professional development. The study took into consideration the Mozambican school context and calendar. For instance, the PRs were certified by the latest model of teacher education (10+2 teacher education programme) provided by the MINED. In addition, the meetings were carried out during the period scheduled for the planning of pedagogical practices and TCPD programmes. Throughout the study the constant issue that emerged was the need for a paradigm shift in TCPD. Providers of TCPD need to introduce changes in the way they view primary school teachers and confer on them the responsibility for their individual continuous professional development. Action Research could be the new research paradigm used by providers and teachers to improve their work, understand learners’ learning problems and find the appropriate solutions to improve achievement. The findings of this PAR both contribute to understanding the teachers’ views with respect to the TCPD programmes being provided, and offer the option for a new paradigm for TCPD. In this regard the current providers of such programmes can also consider the school principal and the deputy principal as fundamental facilitators of TCPD through a SDPD model. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Humanities Education / unrestricted

Malmö högskolaLärarutbildningenSkolutveckling och ledarskapMagisterkurs i specialpedagogikHöstterminen 2008Borgfors, S. (2008). Att få diagnosen dyslexi först under gymnasietiden: tio ungdomars verklighet - en kritisk betraktelse. Skolutveckling och ledarskap, Specialpedagogisk magisterutbildning, Malmö högskola.Följande kvalitativa studie, med abduktiv ansats och reflexiv metod som vetenskapsfilosofisk grund, är resultatet av intervjuer med tio ungdomar som har fått diagnos dyslexi först under sin gymnasietid. Syftet var att utröna om diagnostiseringsprocessen och dyslexidiagnosen i sig hade haft någon betydelse för informanternas självbild, studiesituation och studieresultat. Intervjuerna reflekterade också betydelsen av omgivningens förhållningssätt till informanternas svårigheter, såväl före som efter diagnos. Den enskilda skolans och lärarens utövande av makt, bl.a. genom hur styrdokumentens riktlinjer för elever med särskilda behov tolkas, är av största vikt för den enskilda elevens möjligheter till kunskaps- och färdighetsutveckling. Vid jämförelser mellan intervjuerna och tidigare forskning synliggjordes betydelsen av såväl samhällsövergripande som individ- och klassrumscentrerade normativa mönster och brist på kunskap kring dyslexi, med risker för därpå följande stigmatiseringsprocesser. Studiens resultat visar att diagnostiseringen har haft en positiv inverkan på informanternas självbild, studiesituation och studieresultat. Studien visar också att informanterna är rädda för omgivningens okunskap och fördomar. Resultaten motsäger att diagnostisering i sig är stigmatiserande, men ger belägg för att omgivningens attityder till och värderingar av läs- och skrivsvårigheter kan vara det. Fortbildning av skolledare och pedagogisk personal i läs- och skrivutveckling/-problematik framstår som ytterst angelägen.Nyckelord: diagnostisering, dyslexi, fortbildning, kunskap, makt, normer, självbild, stigmatisering, värderingar, åtgärder Susanne Borgfors Handledare: Ingrid Sandén Examinator: Lena Lang / Malmö UniversitySchool of Education, School Development and LeadershipMasters Programme in Special Needs EducationAutumn Term 2008Borgfors, S. (2008). Getting the Diagnosis of Dyslexia only during Upper Secondary School: the Reality of Ten Adolescents – a Critical Study. School Development and Leadership, Masters Programme in Special Needs Education, Malmö University.This qualitative study, performed with an abductive and reflexive method, is the result of interviews with ten adolescents who have received the diagnosis of dyslexia during their time at upper secondary school. The fundamental aim of the study was to examine if the process of diagnosing, and the diagnosis of dyslexia in itself, have affected the informants’ regard of self, study situation and study results. The interviews reflected the significance of attitudes among adults and peers, concerning the informants’ reading and writing difficulties, both before and after the diagnosis. To enable the students’ development of cognition and proficiency, it is of great importance how schools and teachers wield their power when interpreting the principles in the steering documents regarding special education needs. When comparing the interviews with results of earlier research, the lack of knowledge about dyslexia, the importance of normative patterns, attitudes and values in society, the classroom and the individual, with the following risks of stigmatization processes, became evident.The results of the study indicate that the process of diagnosing and the diagnosis itself have had positive consequences for the informants’ concept of self, study situation and study results. The study results also show that the informants fear the ignorance and prejudice of adults and peers. The results suggest that a diagnosis of dyslexia in itself is not stigmatizing to the individual, but confirm that the attitudes and values of others can be so. Continuing professional development of school leaders and teachers regarding reading and writing development/difficulties is of the utmost importance.Keywords: continuing professional development, diagnosing, dyslexia, knowledge, measures, norms, power, self, stigmatization, valuesSusanne Borgfors Tutor: Ingrid Sandén Examiner: Lena Lang

Malmö högskolaLärarutbildningenSkolutveckling och ledarskapMagisterkurs i specialpedagogikHöstterminen 2008Borgfors, S. (2008). Att få diagnosen dyslexi först under gymnasietiden: tio ungdomars verklighet - en kritisk betraktelse. (Getting the Diagnosis of Dyslexia only during Upper Secondary School: the Reality of Ten Adolescents – a Critical Study.) Skolutveckling och ledarskap, Specialpedagogisk magisterutbildning, Malmö högskola.Följande kvalitativa studie, med abduktiv ansats och reflexiv metod som vetenskapsfilosofisk grund, är resultatet av intervjuer med tio ungdomar som har fått diagnos dyslexi först under sin gymnasietid. Syftet var att utröna om diagnostiseringsprocessen och dyslexidiagnosen i sig hade haft någon betydelse för informanternas självbild, studiesituation och studieresultat. Intervjuerna reflekterade också betydelsen av omgivningens förhållningssätt till informanternas svårigheter, såväl före som efter diagnos. Den enskilda skolans och lärarens utövande av makt, bl.a. genom hur styrdokumentens riktlinjer för elever med särskilda behov tolkas, är av största vikt för den enskilda elevens möjligheter till kunskaps- och färdighetsutveckling. Vid jämförelser mellan intervjuerna och tidigare forskning synliggjordes betydelsen av såväl samhällsövergripande som individ- och klassrumscentrerade normativa mönster och brist på kunskap kring dyslexi, med risker för därpå följande stigmatiseringsprocesser. Studiens resultat visar att diagnostiseringen har haft en positiv inverkan på informanternas självbild, studiesituation och studieresultat. Studien visar också att informanterna är rädda för omgivningens okunskap och fördomar. Resultaten motsäger att diagnostisering i sig är stigmatiserande, men ger belägg för att omgivningens attityder till och värderingar av läs- och skrivsvårigheter kan vara det. Fortbildning av skolledare och pedagogisk personal i läs- och skrivutveckling/-problematik framstår som ytterst angelägen.Nyckelord: diagnostisering, dyslexi, fortbildning, kunskap, makt, normer, självbild, stigmatisering, värderingar, åtgärder Susanne Borgfors Handledare: Ingrid Sandén Examinator: Lena Lang / Malmö UniversitySchool of Education, School Development and LeadershipMasters Programme in Special Needs EducationAutumn Term 2008Borgfors, S. (2008). Getting the Diagnosis of Dyslexia only during Upper Secondary School: the Reality of Ten Adolescents – a Critical Study. School Development and Leadership, Masters Programme in Special Needs Education, Malmö University.This qualitative study, performed with an abductive and reflexive method, is the result of interviews with ten adolescents who have received the diagnosis of dyslexia during their time at upper secondary school. The fundamental aim of the study was to examine if the process of diagnosing, and the diagnosis of dyslexia in itself, have affected the informants’ regard of self, study situation and study results. The interviews reflected the significance of attitudes among adults and peers, concerning the informants’ reading and writing difficulties, both before and after the diagnosis. To enable the students’ development of cognition and proficiency, it is of great importance how schools and teachers wield their power when interpreting the principles in the steering documents regarding special education needs. When comparing the interviews with results of earlier research, the lack of knowledge about dyslexia, the importance of normative patterns, attitudes and values in society, the classroom and the individual, with the following risks of stigmatization processes, became evident.The results of the study indicate that the process of diagnosing and the diagnosis itself have had positive consequences for the informants’ concept of self, study situation and study results. The study results also show that the informants fear the ignorance and prejudice of adults and peers. The results suggest that a diagnosis of dyslexia in itself is not stigmatizing to the individual, but confirm that the attitudes and values of others can be so. Continuing professional development of school leaders and teachers regarding reading and writing development/difficulties is of the utmost importance.Keywords: continuing professional development, diagnosing, dyslexia, knowledge, measures, norms, power, self, stigmatization, valuesSusanne Borgfors Tutor: Ingrid Sandén Examiner: Lena Lang