Community Service and Bond Strength and occupational therapy: an experience report building citizenship and social participation¹

Abstract

Introduction

The legislation seeks to certify that children and adolescents are individuals of rights, and, when these are violated, public authorities offer social assistance actions to guarantee their protection. An example is the Living and bond strengthening Service that can reckon on occupational therapists in its team.

Objective

To report the experience of the practice in occupational therapy with children and adolescents of a Living and Bond Strengthening Service in the state of Sergipe.

Method

Experience report of intervention in Occupational Therapy bound to the education activity of the Occupational Therapy Department of the Federal University of Sergipe. The systematization of the process of practice and construction of the reasoning in Occupational Therapy was recorded through a field diary, drawings, photos, and filming. The data were analyzed descriptively and discussed according to the social Occupational Therapy literature.

Results

The practicing process consisted of the evaluation of the collective, territory, and the service, followed by the identification of social needs and collective demands that guided the objectives to be aimed through an intervention, concluding with the evaluation of the whole process.

Conclusion

This experience report reveals the potential of Occupational Therapy along with children and adolescents in social assistance services. The theoretical-methodological input from social Occupational Therapy showed significant importance in the settings of this intervention as a possibility of social technology with these individuals. Especially regarding the reported practice, its importance in the awareness and action is evident, fomenting the protagonism of children and adolescents, their families and community.

Keywords:
Occupational Therapy; Community Participation; Social Work