Comunidade de práticas em terapia ocupacional na saúde mental infantojuvenil: ações e referenciais teóricos metodológicos

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The role of Occupational Therapy in Children and Youth Mental Health has been the object of growing study in national and international production. OBJECTIVE: To present the formation of a Community of Practice in Occupational Therapy in the field of Child and Youth Mental Health in a municipality in the interior of the State of Sergipe, highlighting the identification of its practices and theoretical and methodological references. METHODOLOGY: Understanding the community of practices as a space for collaborative learning, capable of producing reflections, new knowledge and collective news about actions, the methodological design of this study was action research. Twenty-one participants participated in the research (professors, students and occupational therapists) who developed actions in children's mental health in different services: CAPSij, outpatient clinic, private clinics, NASF-AB, CER III and multidisciplinary residency. The meetings were organized by themes, following the process of professional practice: actions taken and theoretical-methodological references used, considering the evaluation process, resources / resources / technologies. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: As shown by studies, a community of practices was configured as a space for reception, support and continence and for the shared construction of knowledge and professional improvement. Family-centered practice; field and core of action; professional enhancement and the need for permanent education spaces are some of the points discussed in this study.CONCLUSIONS: The Community of Practice in Occupational Therapy in the field of Child and Youth Mental Health was characterized as a powerful tool for welcoming, problematizing, critically analyzing the practice process, revealing institutional, political and training variables that permeate the construction of reasoning professional and practice process.