School performance of victimized children seen by the judiciary system/ Desempenho escolar da crianca vitimizada encaminhada ao forum judicial

The aim of this study was to characterize the school performance of victimized children assisted by the Judicial System. Twenty victimized children's school performances were compared to their peers of the same classroom, gender, age, but without a history of family violence. Their respective mothers and teachers also took part in this study. Children from both groups answered The Academic Performance Test, Parenting Styles Inventory and the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test. The children also gave samples of their notebook production. Children's mothers answered a family interview and the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS-2). Teachers offered their impressions on student's academic performance. Results indicated inferior academic performance by the victimized child, when compared with their matched group. According to teachers, victimized children had inferior academic performance in relation to their non-victim peers. CTS-2 results indicated that most of victimized children were exposed to marital violence. Moreover, the study shows that, besides direct and indirect domestic violence, these children were exposed to other risk factors, such as, poverty, maternal low educational level and alcohol/drugs used by relatives. Keywords: domestic violence; school performance; victimized children; inclusive education. O objetivo do estudo foi caracterizar o desempenho escolar da crianca vitima de violencia domestica atendida no Forum Judicial. Participaram do estudo 20 criancas vitimizadas comparadas com seus pares da mesma sala de aula, mesmo sexo e mesma faixa etaria, mas sem historico de violencia domestica, suas respectivas maes e professoras. As criancas responderam ao Teste de Desempenho Escolar, Inventario de Estilos Parentais e ao Teste de Raven (Escala Especial) e apresentaram o caderno escolar. As maes responderam a uma entrevista e a Escala de Taticas de Conflitos Revisada (CTS-2). As professoras apresentaram sua opiniao sobre o desempenho academico dos participantes. Os dados obtidos mostraram que a crianca vitimizada tem desempenho escolar inferior ao grupo controle. Os resultados da CTS-2 indicaram que a maioria das criancas vitimizadas estava exposta a violencia conjugal. O estudo mostrou que, alem da violencia domestica direta e indireta, tais criancas estavam expostas a outros fatores de risco, tais como, pobreza, baixa escolaridade materna e uso de alcool e/ou droga por familiares. Palavras-chave: violencia domestica; desempenho escolar; crian