Scientific association and the strengthening of the profession: ABRAPEE case study

Abstract Objective This article summarizes the results of a study funded by the National Council for Scientific Research and Development (CNPq), which aimed to discuss the relationship between scientific associations and the strengthening of the profession in Psychology, focusing on the case of the Brazilian Association of School and Educational Psychology (ABRAPEE). It intends to resume the history of the constitution of the area of School Psychology in Brazil and the creation of ABRAPEE. Method The research carried out analyzed the scientific production of the area, the documents of the association and its magazine and this article synthesized its main results. Results Since its creation ABRAPEE has strengthened the area in the country, holding scientific events regularly and creating a specific magazine to disseminate the themes of the area. ABRAPEE appears in the graduate program of PUC-Campinas on the occasion of the first national congress of school psychology in Brazil. Conclusion The field of education is a working space for psychology professionals still incipient in Brazil, especially when considering the emphasis on basic training and regulated action, even with the approval of Law nº 13935/2019. For this reason, ABRAPEE has a special importance, it was created so that the area of School Psychology could be, in the country, a reality at the service of the development process of children and adolescents, who attend public schools, their educators and families.