Oficinas de saúde mental desenvolvidas em escolas públicas de ensino fundamental: relato de experiência.

Abstract

The school institution is recognized by mental health policies as a privileged space for anchored practices in education, particularly prevent the disease and health promotion in. This work it is an experience report that aims to describe the activities developed in the Extension Project "Educational Practices in Mental Health in Public Schools Context of Primary Education", held in schools: Municipal Children's Education and Primary Cecilia Estolano Meireles and Municipal Elementary School Victoria Bezerra, located in the municipality of Cajazeiras - PB and is linked to the research project entitled "Public Schools Student Knowledge of Primary Education on Mental Health," which it was submitted to the Ethics Committee on Human Research of the Teacher Training Center (VTC) of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Campus Cajazeiras - PB. Participated in this study 213 students aged between 09 and 14, 150 female and 63 male. 12 meetings were held with all classes of elementary school II, totaling 10 classes during the period between August and December 2014. The activities with students occurred in the schools themselves, through workshops, through which were debated the following topics: Mental Health, Bullying, Prejudice, teenage pregnancy. In carrying out the workshops were used conversation circles, dynamic awareness and reflection, parody and video presentation. After the achievements of workshops in two schools found that there was an effective participation in workshops and developed a satisfactory learning by students regarding the topics covered. Another significant result of this work was the development of an educational booklet with mental health issues, entitled "Educational Practices in Mental Health in the Context of Public Schools: Mental Health a universal right." The screen project presented academic and social relevance. In addition, it favored the formation of more enlightened citizens on mental health and sought to disseminate sound practices from the change in behavior.