Challenges and achievements of occupational therapy, in middle school, systematizing experiences.

Abstract

This article represents the sistemation of an occupational therapy experience on a secondary educational place, particularly an integration scholarship program (PIE) which is part of a critical and innovative educational project for public education.

The purpose of this article is to bring the reader closer to the work of occupational therapy through the systematization of a group workshop that seeks to strengthen life skills in middle school youth who participate in the School Integration Program. It represents a sample of the work carried out by the support team of professionals of the establishment, sharing the uncertainties, challenges and successes that kept the workshop running to date. The experience shows the workshop group as an accompaniment space in favor of the student’s autonomy exercise and independence. Fulfilling the objectives proposed such as the development of social skills, interpersonal relationships, self-esteem and promoting a life project for the young. Dialoguing between the demands of the school system and the need for inclusion of students for whom this space could represent the last opportunity to go to school.