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PAE Project
Inclusion: guaranteeing the right to learn
The PAE Project provides School Support Professionals to students with disabilities, disorders and syndromes enrolled in the Belo Horizonte Municipal Education Network, in partnership with the Municipal Department of Education, through a collaboration agreement.
255
school support professionals
14
municipal schools in the Northeast district of Belo Horizonte
Our vision of inclusion
The PAE Project starts from the principle that all students should take part in the educational process, with respect for each person’s differences and uniqueness. We promote equity, not merely equality, ensuring access, retention, participation and learning, which involves adapting practices, spaces and resources.
To include is to recognize that everyone can learn, each in their own way.
The role of the School Support Professional
The school support professional provides support in school activities, mobility, hygiene, feeding, social interaction and the use of assistive technologies, according to each student’s case study.
- Support students in the dimensions of autonomy: hygiene, mobility, feeding, communication and interaction.
- Foster students’ autonomy and participation in all school activities.
- Act as a mediator, without replacing the teacher.
- Contribute to access to the curriculum.
- Work in coordination with the school team.
How we work
The school support professional acts with ethics, respect, empathy, patience, discretion and commitment, in partnership with the teaching staff, teachers and families, observing the legislation and the guidance of the Municipal Department of Education. They keep information about the student and the family confidential. They do not replace the teacher, nor administer medication or perform procedures reserved to health professionals, except where specific protocols authorized by the competent bodies exist.
Schools served
Municipal schools in the Northeast district of Belo Horizonte served by the project:
- EM Murilo Rubião
- EM Prefeito Souza Lima
- EM Professor Edgar da Matta Machado
- EM Professora Maria Modesta Cravo
- EM Professor Milton Lage
- EM Professora Acidália Lott
- EM Oswaldo França Júnior
- EM Professora Eleonora Pieruccetti
- EM Professora Maria Mazarello
- EM Professora Helena Abdalla
- EM Professor Paulo Freire
- EM Professora Consuelita Cândida
- EM Pérsio Pereira Pinto
- EM Sobral Pinto
Legal basis
- Decree No. 12,686 of 20 October 2025, which establishes the National Policy on Inclusive Special Education and the National Network of Inclusive Special Education.
- Decree No. 12,773 of 8 December 2025, which amends Decree No. 12,686/2025.
- MEC Ordinance (Portaria) No. 421 of 15 May 2026, which provides on the National Policy on Inclusive Special Education.
Partnership with the Belo Horizonte Municipal Department of Education, governed by SMED Ordinance (Portaria) No. 197/2026, published in the Municipal Official Gazette on 13 June 2026.