Workshop activities proposed for escorts in a children’s mental health service – occupational therapy interventions

Abstract

This is an account of experience concerning training of Occupational Therapy at Education that is held at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Workshop activities were
held for escorts and family members of children receiving medical at a children’s mental health service, with the proposal to increase attention to children accompanied by municipal schools where training interventions took place. The objectives of the workshops were to enable an warm and an interchangeable atmosphere; to promote experimentation of different activities; to allowmake space for the host population; create a swap space; facilitate experimentation with different activities; allow the listening of this the listening to this population. The workshop activities were open an took one hour’s time once in a week. The results show that, relative to the children’s care, there was an adhesion, supporting the fact that the attention to this group should be better evaluated by the institution. Relative to the team, it was mobilized according to the demands brought by the workshops, maintaining the activities at the end of the school term. For the interns, the experience enabled the refl ection and apprehension about the enlargement of the commitment towards the child care, as well as the power of the tool workshop in the construction of the extended clinic.