Cuidados com a saúde mental infantil no contexto escolar : uma proposta de intervenção.

Abstract

Children’s mental health is an extremely relevant topic nowadays, considering the global scenario of child psychiatric illnesses, as pointed out by the increasing number of referrals of this public to specialized health services. Several factors contribute to the promotion of child mental health, among them the environment in which the child is inserted. In this context, the school environment plays na essencial role in the development of health promoting actions, with the teacher as the main agent in this process.This study presents an intervention research aimed to analyze how care for child mental health is being developed in the public municipal schools in the city of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. As the intervention proposals, two discussion groups and two pedagogical workshops were conducted between August and November 2023, with the participation of professionals working in the researched schools. The data collected were analyzed on Bardin's Content Analysis methodology. Four thematic axes were constructed for the analysis: a) The school as a promoter of child mental health; b) Teacher training for mental health promotion; c) School inclusion; d) Family as a promoter factor of mental health. The research participants demonstrate knowledge put together through their experiences as teachers and brief readings of the study object, what indicates the importance of promoting actions focused on education professionals for them to embody on more assertive pedagogical strategies .related to school mental health in a school enviroment, providing a full development to its individuals. It is believed that studies like this one can contribute to the planning actions concentrated to the theme of mental health in schools and are able to implicate larger systems with public policies in health, education and social assistance.