Retorno das atividades presenciais de jovens em uma escola municipal de joão pessoa : relato de experiência da Terapia Ocupacional na educação

Abstract

Occupational therapy has produced knowledge and practices about/in schools from different perspectives, one of which is established through social occupational therapy, understanding, therefore, that it is necessary to make use of theoretical and methodological contributions to take charge of the demands that currently permeate the Brazilian Basic Education. Thus, social occupational therapy has used social technologies to promote social rights, and open dialogues related to social participation and citizenship, as well as expanding the sociability network of young people from urban popular groups in public schools. The experience report presented here aimed to bring together discussions about therapeutic-occupational practices that took place in an elementary school in the neighborhood of Mandacaru in João Pessoa, based on the subject “Áreas de Intervenção da Terapia Ocupacional e Cenários de Prática IV” in the education module in the period between March and June 2022, the report was developed based on the analysis of the field diary and action reports, in light of the theoretical-methodological framework of social occupational therapy, focusing on youth, nine Workshops of Dynamics and Activities, six Individual and Territorial Follow-up, also the Articulation of Resources in the Social Field were developed in an eighth year class, addressing important proposals such as the construction of life projects, the discussion about social rights, citizenship, territory and support social networks. From these practices, it was possible to understand the role and potential for transforming reality through social occupational therapy in education with these audiences. In summary, this set of practices outlined important paths for training in occupational therapy at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), as it provided Occupational Therapy graduates with the expansion of the range of possibilities for action with a focus on youth, in public schools, in territories peripheral areas, promoting discussion about the protagonism and emancipation of young people