"A Daily Born and Dying": Dynamics of Affective-Semiotic Self-Regulation Involved in Early Intervention Practices with Children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome.

From 2015 to 2016, an epidemic of births of children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome emerged in Brazil, and the state of Bahia concentrated the highest incidence of cases. The official health guidelines recommended that the affected children and their families should be supported by interdisciplinary teams of early intervention. This paper aims to deepen the comprehension of regulation and affective-semiotic mediation processes involved in the early intervention with children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome and their families. It focus on the experiences of a professional interviewed in a public health service in Salvador, Bahia - Brazil, through narrative analysis and the theoretical-methodological foundations of Cultural Psychology of the Semiotic Dynamics. These approaches allowed the understanding of the processes of construction of meanings, symbolic action and affective-semiotic regulation. The care of Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome children by professionals relates to disquieting experiences, inter subjectivity, meaning construction, affections and symbolic actions. These dynamic processes allowed the professional to better adapt to regulation and affective-semiotic mediation, as well as her own performance in face of children and their families. This analysis emphasizes the reflections of health care practices and their repercussions in the quality of the assistance.

Separation in Unity: Dialogical Transformation of Maternal Bond.

The objective of this paper is to explore mothers' psychological adaptation related to separation from their newborn children immediately after birth. Mother and child separation has traditionally received attention from the child's perspective, but given that the bond is dyadic, the mother's wellbeing should also be considered. This qualitative study is based on interview data with mothers of premature infants. From the analysis, three themes emerged: concerns during pregnancy about premature birth; emotional strain caused by separation; and the need to protect and to be close to the newborn. Drawing on the perspectives of dialogical self theory and semiotic regulation model, the paper will focus on intra-psychological dynamics and will analyze the adaptation process in terms of I-positions. Based on the analysis, the maternal bond represents the integration of the I-position I-as-mother and My child, which is integrated during the pregnancy into the core of the self. It can be assumed that rupture of the self-continuity is activated by the birth of the child, which is then compounded if the child leaves. The maternal superordinate viewpoint (meta-I-position) directs a woman's behavior and allows for a sense of coherence under dynamic organization related to the birth of the child. The potential for psychological adaptation is presented as an ability to establish self-continuity.

Speech as Action in the Classroom: Semiotic Regulation of Cognitive Processes / Fala-Ação na Sala de Aula: Regulação Semiótica de Processos Cognitivos

Abstract This article investigated how determined linguistic actions, the speech acts, create favorable conditions for the emergence and maintenance of Zones of Proximal Development (ZPDs), therefore of cognitive actions. A geography classroom setting of sixth year elementary school was analyzed. "The relief and its agents" was the main conversational topic. Through interactional analysis and videography, we identified patterns in the categories of speech acts used in class. Some types of speech acts were used for to maintain didactic contract and others speech acts were used to clarify school contents. These patterns provide favorable conditions for emergency and maintenance of ZPDs, which were understood as symbolic space built along the discourse of participants, and that promote learning.

Resumo Como determinadas ações linguísticas, os atos de fala, criam condições favoráveis à emergência e manutenção de ações cognitivas, as Zonas de Desenvolvimento Proximal (ZDPs)? Por meio da análise interacional e videográfica, investigou-se uma aula de geografia do sexto ano do ensino fundamental em que "o relevo e seus agentes" era o principal tópico conversacional. A partir da categorização dos atos de fala, foram observados dois padrões de organização conversacional: atos de fala voltados à manutenção do contrato didático e atos de fala direcionados aos conteúdos escolares relacionados ao tópico em curso. Tais padrões providenciam condições favoráveis à emergência e manutenção de ZDPs, compreendidas como espaços simbólicos que favorecem a aprendizagem, construídos ao longo do discurso pelos participantes.

Semiotic Regulation in the Construction of Maternal Bond: From Body Experience to the Semiotic Field.

The objective of this paper is to analyze how the maternal bond in first-time pregnant women emerges from bodily experiences in the pre-semiotic level and leads to the emergence of the semiotic field. The bond as a sign field is internally structured and enables the regulation of connections with other signs outside the field. As a result of the dialogue between biological and sociocultural imperatives, sociocultural meanings are turned into personal meanings and presented by women through behavior. This study is based on longitudinally-collected interview data consisting of six interviews with women from the time they were pregnant until their child turned one year old. During this period, three ruptures as turning points in the formation of the bond were identified. Based on idiographic analyses, it was concluded that body signals caused by the development of the fetus are coded by women into signs of various kinds, which define the status of mother and create the foundation for the mother-child relationship which continues throughout the lifespan.

The Family in Us: Family History, Family Identity and Self-Reproductive Adaptive Behavior.

This contribution is an essay about the notion of family identity reflecting shared significant experiences within a family system originating a set of signs used in social communication within and between families. Significant experiences are considered as experiences of events that have an immediate impact on the adaptation of the family in a given socio-ecological and cultural context at a given historical time. It is assumed that family history is stored in a shared "family memory" holding both implicit and explicit knowledge and exerting an influence on the behavior of each family member. This is described as transgenerational family memory being constituted of a system of meaningful signs. The crucial dimension underlying the logic of this essay are the ideas of adaptation as well as self-reproduction of systems.

A construção cultural de significados sobre adoção: um processo semiótico / La construcción cultural de significados sobre adopción: un proceso semiótico / Adoption meanings cultural construction: a semiotic process

Buscamos compreender o processo de construção de significados sobre adoção abordando um membro da família extensa de um caso de adoção satisfatória, utilizando os fundamentos teórico-metodológicos da Psicologia Cultural Semiótica de orientação idiográfica. Destacamos a dinâmica entre os significados que existem na cultura coletiva, em transformação, e a construção pessoal de significados. A construção dos significados da adoção, mesmo numa família cuja adoção é aceita por todos, é caracterizada pela existência de uma tensão constante e pela ambivalência entre a cultura coletiva - carregada de mitos e preconceitos partilhados num sistema de mensagens redundantes, mas também refletindo um processo atual no qual a adoção se apresenta como louvável e desejável - e a construção progressiva de uma cultura pessoal. Algumas sugestões sobre direções úteis para o trabalho de orientação a pretendentes à adoção e aos grupos de apoio a mesma são sugeridas...

Buscamos comprender el proceso de construcción de significados sobre la adopción abordando un miembro de la familia extensa de un caso de adopción satisfactoria, utilizando los fundamentos teórico-metodológicos de la Psicología Cultural Semiótica de orientación ideográfica. Destacamos la dinámica entre los significados que existen en la cultura colectiva, en transformación, y la construcción personal de significados. La construcción de los significados de adopción, aunque en una familia cuya adopción es aceptada por todos, es caracterizada por la existencia de una tensión constante y por una ambivalencia entre cultura colectiva - cargada de mitos e prejuicios compartidos en un sistema de mensajes redundantes, pero también, reflexionando un proceso actual en el que la adopción se presenta como laudable y deseable - y la construcción progresiva de una cultura personal. Algunas sugerencias sobre direcciones útiles al trabajo de orientación a los que pretenden adoptar y a los grupos que apoyan esa acción también aparecen...

We searched to understand the process of meaning making about adoption, addressing a member of the extended family of a satisfactory case of adoption, using the theoretical and methodological foundations of Semiotics Cultural Psychology from idiographic orientation. We highlighted the dynamic between the meanings that exist in the collective culture, in transformation, and the personal meaning making. The construction of the meanings of adoption, even in a family whose adoption is accepted by all, is characterized by the existence of a constant tension and by the ambivalence between the collective culture - full of myths and prejudices shared in a system of redundant messages, but also reflecting a current process in which the adoption is presented as commendable and desirable - and the gradual construction of a personal culture. Some suggestions on useful directions for the work of guidance to prospective parents and adoption support groups are suggested...

A construção cultural de significados sobre adoção: um processo semiótico / La construcción cultural de significados sobre adopción: un proceso semiótico / Adoption meanings cultural construction: a semiotic process

Buscamos compreender o processo de construção de significados sobre adoção abordando um membro da família extensa de um caso de adoção satisfatória, utilizando os fundamentos teórico-metodológicos da Psicologia Cultural Semiótica de orientação idiográfica. Destacamos a dinâmica entre os significados que existem na cultura coletiva, em transformação, e a construção pessoal de significados. A construção dos significados da adoção, mesmo numa família cuja adoção é aceita por todos, é caracterizada pela existência de uma tensão constante e pela ambivalência entre a cultura coletiva - carregada de mitos e preconceitos partilhados num sistema de mensagens redundantes, mas também refletindo um processo atual no qual a adoção se apresenta como louvável e desejável - e a construção progressiva de uma cultura pessoal. Algumas sugestões sobre direções úteis para o trabalho de orientação a pretendentes à adoção e aos grupos de apoio a mesma são sugeridas.(AU)

Buscamos comprender el proceso de construcción de significados sobre la adopción abordando un miembro de la familia extensa de un caso de adopción satisfactoria, utilizando los fundamentos teórico-metodológicos de la Psicología Cultural Semiótica de orientación ideográfica. Destacamos la dinámica entre los significados que existen en la cultura colectiva, en transformación, y la construcción personal de significados. La construcción de los significados de adopción, aunque en una familia cuya adopción es aceptada por todos, es caracterizada por la existencia de una tensión constante y por una ambivalencia entre cultura colectiva - cargada de mitos e prejuicios compartidos en un sistema de mensajes redundantes, pero también, reflexionando un proceso actual en el que la adopción se presenta como laudable y deseable - y la construcción progresiva de una cultura personal. Algunas sugerencias sobre direcciones útiles al trabajo de orientación a los que pretenden adoptar y a los grupos que apoyan esa acción también aparecen.(AU)

We searched to understand the process of meaning making about adoption, addressing a member of the extended family of a satisfactory case of adoption, using the theoretical and methodological foundations of Semiotics Cultural Psychology from idiographic orientation. We highlighted the dynamic between the meanings that exist in the collective culture, in transformation, and the personal meaning making. The construction of the meanings of adoption, even in a family whose adoption is accepted by all, is characterized by the existence of a constant tension and by the ambivalence between the collective culture - full of myths and prejudices shared in a system of redundant messages, but also reflecting a current process in which the adoption is presented as commendable and desirable - and the gradual construction of a personal culture. Some suggestions on useful directions for the work of guidance to prospective parents and adoption support groups are suggested.(AU)