PSYCHOPEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE IN SHELTERS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

The procedures for psychopedagogic care are multiple and must be used as the existing demand or the goal that was set out. Therefore, this paper seeks to discuss the challenges and possibilities that psychopedagogy professionals can find in shelters for children and adolescents. Thereunto, it tries to reflect on some practices commonly used in children and adolescents care, such as the initial interview, the anamnesis, the examination of the notebook and school supplies, game time, projective tests and the results, in order to relate this reflection to the reality experienced in the shelters. Although there are certain limitations on the practical realization of the shelter experience, particularly regarding to the limited life information and because there is no proximity with the patient’s family, that the finfings pointed the professional of psychopedagogy can contribute significantly to help institutionalized children and adolescents to deal with their learning difficulties if he or she is open and willing to think about and adapt his-her practice considering the socio-cultural context in which he-she is inside.