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.