Child and adolescent mental health and the school: dialogues between education and health professionals

Abstract

This article presents an excerpt from the master’s thesis that aimed to analyze the continuing education  of teachers in a program developed at the Child and  Youth Psychosocial Care Center Campo Limpo (CAPSIJ Campo Limpo), aiming at the integration of mental  health and education: the EducAção Program.  Through focus groups with the teachers who attended the program’s meetings and subsequent analytical  processing of the data and analysis of the thematic  content, it was possible to verify that the program was considered a place of permanent training. However,  the analysis went beyond what was intended in the  scope of the work, since it was noticed that the  studied space transcended its initial objective, also  assuming the function of a place of care, listening,  and support for the teachers. In this sense, it was  possible to conclude that, because teachers felt cared  for by the CAPSIJ team, they were able to care for,  listen to, and make sense of the suffering of children  and young people who had repeated experiences of  learning, socialization, or interactional difficulties  during their school careers that led to severe  psychological distress, and were therefore monitored  at CAPSIJ.