Abstract

Social Intervention Programs have recently been more systematically introduced in Chilean schools that are characterized by conditions of social vulnerability. There have been changes made in education policy that favor those initiatives; nevertheless, there are also recognizable contributions from the third sector to that area of education. This document relates two experiences in particular: the implementations of social worker/psychologist teams by the Municipal Corporation for Education of Penalolen, and the Child Labor Eradication Program, Pronino, at the Children's' Defense Council, CODENI and the Fundacion Telefonica. The article concludes with the identification of tensions and challenges in this area. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.