Perspectivas acerca do uso do brincar na formação de Terapia Ocupacional

Abstract

Considered one of the nine categories of occupation provided for by the American Association of Occupational Therapy-AOTA (2015), playing is described as nos of the main occupations related to childhood, in turn, it is considered na object of study in the stricto sensu academic community, due to its applicability in practice. Goal: Understanding the approaches to playing in Occupational Therapy training, and how this has had repercussions on the construction process of professional reasoning in different contexts. Method: It was carried out through na integrative literature review, in order to gather the existing productions of knowledge on the subject. Results and discussions: Initially, 30 works were selected, of which 16 were excluded, after applying the inclusion criteria, thus leaving a final number of 14 works, namely: 11 master’s thesses and 3 doctoral theses, which contemplated the research proposal. Final considerations: It was observed that the production of knowledge that has been composing the collection on playing in Occupational Therapy has been diversified, while it brings contributions on the subject with different social actors inserted in different contexts.