Derecho a la salud psicológica de los niños y las políticas públicas en el sistema educativo ecuatoriano

Abstract

The present research work entitled "Children's Right to Psychological Health and the Public Policies of the Ecuadorian Educational System" focuses on analyzing the problems of guaranteeing the psychological rights of children through the application of public policies of the Ecuadorian educational system. It is important to emphasize that the State must guarantee free, dignified and quality access to ensure the exercise and full enjoyment of their rights through the issuance of public policies. The right to psychological health is a fundamental right for human beings and should therefore be valued, promoted and protected. The research was carried out through a mixed approach, which allows me to understand and analyze the behaviors of society relating cause and effect, through the application of surveys to parents and interviews with officials who make up the Student Counseling Department of the Educational Unit "Antonio Carrillo Moscoso" and Educational Unit "Jorge Alvarez" of the Canton Santiago de Píllaro, thus working in a line of research of law and society. Although the public policy of the Ecuadorian educational system guarantees the psychological health of children, the results of the research show that this right is violated due to the incorrect applicability of public policy. The research conducted contributes knowledge because when talking about the right to psychological health we determine the fundamental role it plays in the integral development of children, influencing their emotional, cognitive, social and physical growth