Janaína Aparecida de Oliveira Augusto ¹ Thalita Francielli Lopes Ferreira ¹ Rodrigo Genaro Arduini ^2* Talita Meneses de Almeida Bastos ¹ Nádia Santana Pereira Campanha ¹ Rita de Cássia Coutinho Vieira Fornasari ¹ Patrícia Regina Flaviano Stella ¹ Adriana Nobre de Paula Simão ¹ Joyce Nelly Leal de Moraes ¹ Sylvia Maria Ciasca ¹

• ¹ Laboratory for Research in Learning Disabilities and Difficulties, and Attention Deficit Disorder (DISAPRE), Medical Sciences Faculty (FCM), Neurology Department, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
• ² Laboratory for Research in Learning Disabilities and Difficulties, and Attention Deficit Disorder (DISAPRE), Neurology Department, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Specialized public services for attending children and adolescents with complaints of scholar difficulties are scarce in Brazil. It is important to recognize this target population and understand its demands, so these facilities may be able to meet their needs and offer qualified and effective services. The main objective of this study was to characterize the profile of neuropediatric patients cared for in a reference outpatient facility in Brazil. METHOD: Data were extracted from children's and adolescent's records, corresponding to assessments carried out between March 2017 to March 2023. RESULTS: From 220 selected records, 70% had complaints related to learning difficulties and 79.1% to attention disorders. The most frequent diagnoses were attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (30%), intellectual deficiency (19.1%), and learning-specific disorder (17.7%). A significant association with scholarship was found between motor agitation (𝟀2(9)=29.8; p<0.001), behavioral complaints (𝟀2(9)=16.2; p=0.050), and language difficulties (𝟀2(9)=17.0; p=0.043). Results have indicated significant differences relating to diagnosis and gender: boys had a higher prevalence for dyslexia (𝟀2(1)=4.44; p=0.035), intellectual deficiency (𝟀2(1)=8.38; p=0.004), and autism spectrum disorder (𝟀2(1)=9.29; p=0.002), when compared to girls. CONCLUSION: These results corroborate international findings over complaints regarding learning difficulties and correlated disturbances, in addition to the existing comorbidities between different diagnoses related to neurodevelopment and scholar acquisitions.In the Brazilian public healthcare system (Sistema Único de Saúde -SUS), university-linked hospitals are the main subjects of the development of specialized medical area structured programs, allowing specialties such as pediatric neurology, psychiatry, and neuropsychology to work together