Era uma vez: a contação de histórias na intervenção terapêutica ocupacional num CAPS infanto-juvenil

Abstract

The interface between the arts and occupational therapy makes storytelling a possible practice within the set of occupational therapeutic interventions, especially for actions aimed at the mental health of children and adolescents in the Psychosocial Care Network. In this sense, the objective of this work is to make an experience report about a storytelling practice experienced in a Child and Youth Psychosocial Care Center in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, which took place in the context of Supervised Internship I of the Occupational Therapy Course at Federal University of Paraíba, held between February and June 2023. CAPS Children and Youth is part of the Psychosocial Care Network-RAPS, which is supported by the National Mental Health Policy. Occupational therapeutic care at the service was carried out in groups and the practice of storytelling was adopted as a playful intervention, centered on the child's main occupation: playing. The method of collecting information for this study was developed through notes in logbooks and photographs. This work reflects on an occupational therapy intervention from the perspective of the mental health of children and adolescents, describing a playful experience that unfolded into other activities that proposed the expression of opinions and feelings, the sharing of everyday experiences, creative production , building bonds and developing and improving skills. Based on this experience, it was possible to verify that storytelling was a powerful occupational therapy intervention in the field of mental health with the child and youth population, by favoring an environment of welcoming, dialogue and well-being and promoting the exercise of creativity and sensitivity, as well as valuing the singularities and potential of people in their knowledge, practices and ways of existing.