Students with attachment disorder in school limbo. Voices of the families and professionals who accompany them

Abstract

Students who have experienced abandonment in their childhood and present attachment disorder are often invisible at school. The lack of understanding and training on what this means and on its consequences at school is denounced in forums of families and professionals. The aim of this study is to make visible the voice of these groups that denounce the need for a change in the school. The netnographic method is used to understand and interpret the keys present in their virtual communities. We analyzed 50 blogs and identified 559 posts or entries relevant to our object of study. We used the Nvivo-12 program to categorize and code the information obtained. The results of the study indicate that families, through blogs, share information on resources (26.59%), scientific studies (19.14%), school experiences (32.12%) and proposals for educational improvement (22.12%). Families and professionals emphasize the school community's lack of knowledge and understanding of the severity of the consequences of dropping out. They ask for increased information, training and awareness of all members of the school so that these people do not suffer school neglect and discrimination that can lead to school and social failure.