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Resumo No processo de construção da terapia ocupacional social no Brasil nos anos de 1980, observa-se um deslocamento da centralidade do binômio saúde e doença para os fenômenos sociais decorrentes das desigualdades sociais e culturais. Vale destacar que a terapia ocupacional social ganhou notoriedade tanto no Brasil quanto internacionalmente. Não obstante os avanços dessa área, a literatura aponta que os principais gargalos para a formação da terapia ocupacional social têm sido a insuficiência de recursos humanos e a ênfase quase exclusiva das diretrizes curriculares dos cursos de terapia ocupacional voltadas à área da saúde. Diante desse cenário, torna-se relevante aprofundar a análise de como a terapia ocupacional social tem se constituído em outros cursos no país, além do estado de São Paulo, berço do surgimento da área. Este relato de experiência objetiva discutir a constituição da terapia ocupacional social, a partir do processo histórico que viabilizou a sua emergência, seus avanços e recuos no curso de graduação da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Verifica-se que, gradativamente, a terapia ocupacional social vai se consolidando no curso na UFMG, legitimando o espaço de formação do terapeuta ocupacional. Torna-se evidente que a configuração da área se dá em campo de forças atuantes, fazendo-a avançar, recuar, manter-se. Uma potência da expansão está na articulação entre as dimensões de ensino, pesquisa, extensão, políticas públicas e práticas em serviços.

Abstract In the 1980s, during the social occupational therapy construction process in Brazil, there was a shift from the centrality of health and illness to social phenomena resulting from social and cultural inequalities. It is worth noting that social occupational therapy has gained notoriety both in Brazil and internationally. Despite the advances in this area, the literature points out that the main bottlenecks for the formation of social occupational therapy have been the insufficiency of human resources and the almost exclusive emphasis of the curricular guidelines of occupational therapy courses on the health area. In this scenario, it becomes relevant to deepen the analysis of how social occupational therapy has been constituted in other courses in the country, in addition to the state of São Paulo, the cradle of its emergence. This experience report aims to discuss the constitution of social occupational therapy, based on the historical process that enabled its emergence, its advances and setbacks in the UFMG undergraduate course. It is verified that social occupational therapy is gradually being consolidated in the course at UFMG, legitimizing the space for the education of occupational therapists. It is evident that the configuration of this area occurs in a field of active forces, as it advances, retreats and/or maintains itself. The power of its expansion lies in the combination of the dimensions of teaching, research, extension, public policies, and service practices.

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Attribution of importance and satisfaction with performance are key dimensions contributing to engagement in occupations. This study explored caregiver satisfaction with and importance attributed to the participation of their children and adolescents in household tasks. Participants included 109 caregivers of children and adolescents of both sexes, aged 6 to 14 years, from various socioeconomic levels. They were interviewed with two questions of the Children Helping Out: Responsibilities, Expectations and Supports (CHORES), with ratings of importance and satisfaction on Likert-type scales, and asked to explain their ratings. We examined the association between the two dimensions. Results showed no correlation between caregivers' ratings of satisfaction and importance (rs = .04; p = .699). The majority of caregivers evaluated their children's participation in domestic care as very important, explaining in terms of the need for children's autonomy in adulthood. Caregivers' satisfaction was attributed to children's attitudes. The expressed ideal of children's future autonomy by caregivers is not converted to current engagement in household task.

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Home environment is an important setting for child participation. This study investigated the participation of Brazilian children and adolescents in household self-care (SC) and family-care (FC) tasks. Interviews were conducted with 109 caregivers of children and adolescents ages 6 to 14 years residing in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Multiple regression models revealed that a greater number of FC tasks were performed by children and adolescents (R2 = .23) from families who did not have a housekeeper and those in which the mothers did not work outside of the home; children and adolescents from this subgroup also received less assistance from the caregivers (R2 = .21) and showed greater independence in task performance (R2 = .20). On average, Brazilian children and adolescents participate in about half of the SC and 25% the FC household tasks. Factors related to family structure and child's age were associated with task performance, caregiver assistance, and child and adolescent independence in household tasks.

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This cross-sectional study compared patterns of household task participation (e.g., performance, assistance and independence) of youth with cerebral palsy (CP), Down syndrome (DS) and typical development (TD). Parents of 75 children and adolescents were interviewed to report on their youths' active engagement in daily self-care and family-care tasks, using the children helping out: responsibilities, expectations and supports (CHORES) questionnaire. Groups were equivalent in age (mean=9.3 years; SD=2.2 years), sex (male=39; female=36), respondent education, presence of maid, and number of siblings at home, but differed on child cognitive function and family socioeconomic status, with the DS and the CP groups scoring lower than the TD group but not different from each other. ANOVA revealed group differences on CHORES performance of self-care tasks (p=0.004), on total participation score (p=0.04) and on assistance scores (p<0.02). Post hoc comparisons showed that TD group scored higher than CP and DS groups on performance and assistance in self-care tasks and total assistance; TD and CP groups were similar on total performance and assistance in family-care tasks. The groups also differed on independence indices; the TD index was greater than the CP and DS, and the CP index was greater than the DS. Parents from the three groups did not differ on ratings of importance regarding their children's household participation (p=0.416). In spite of observed differences, children and adolescents with CP and DS are actively engaged in daily self-care and family-care tasks; their participation at home is not prevented by the presence of their disabilities.

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OBJETIVOS: avaliar a quantidade e qualidade de estímulos ambientais disponíveis para lactentes com desenvolvimento normal que fizeram uso do andador infantil anteriormente à aquisição da marcha independente. MÉTODOS: estudo transversal, com 24 lactentes distribuídos em dois grupos, sendo 12 do grupo exposto ao andador infantil (AI) e 12 do grupo não-exposto (C), mantendo-se equivalência entre grupos em idade, sexo e nível sócio econômico da família. O teste Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) documentou os estímulos oferecidos pelo ambiente. Teste-t de Student para amostras independentes comparou os escores médios do teste HOME de ambos os grupos, considerando o nível de significância α=0,05. RESULTADOS: diferenças no teste HOME foram observadas, tendo o grupo AI obtido escores superiores ao grupo C (p=0,014), com efeito de magnitude fraca (d=0,24). CONCLUSÕES: o uso do voador infantil no período pré-aquisição da marcha por lactentes com desenvolvimento normal, pode estar associado a ambientes domiciliares mais estimuladores.

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the quantity and quality of environmental stimuli available to infants with normal development who use a baby walkers prior to learning to walk by themselves. METHODS: a cross-sectional study was carried out with 24 infants distributed into two groups of twelve: one group of children who had used a baby walkers (BW) and 12 who had not (C), with the children in both groups being of equivalent ages, sex, and socio-economic background. The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) test provided a documentary Record of the stimuli provided by the environment. Student's t-test for independent samples was used to compare the mean scores on the HOME test of both groups, considering the level of significance to be α=0.05. RESULTS: differences in the HOME scores, with the BW group obtaining higher scores than the control group (p=0.014), with a low magnitude effect (d=0.24). CONCLUSIONS: the use of a children's baby walkers in the period before learning to walk by infants with normal development may be associated with more stimulating home environments.

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Os objetivos deste estudo foram identificar os fatores que influenciam a escolha da área de atuação profissional de graduandos de Terapia Ocupacional da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCMMG); caracterizar a relevância desses fatores na escolha da área de atuação profissional e comparar fatores específicos da escolha de área de atuação profissional de graduandos do curso de Terapia Ocupacional em duas instituições da cidade de Belo Horizonte/MG, de naturezas distintas (pública e privada). Foi aplicado um questionário a todos os formandos do segundo semestre de 2001, primeiro e segundo semestres de 2002 da UFMG e às duas turmas de formandos de 2001 e 2002 da FCMMG. Os dados obtidos foram analisados de forma quantitativa por meio de frequencia. Os resultados revelaram como fatores relevantes (peso acima de 7/10) para o processo de escolha: gosto, vocação, preparo, relação com profissionais, experiências práticas curriculares, qualificação docente, relação professor/aluno e consistência teórico-clínica da área. Os resultados apresentados podem contribuir para que os cursos compreendam as influências que exercem sobre os formandos e possam, a partir daí, criar estratégias para a resolução de problemas.

The objectives of this study were to identify factors that influence the choice of professional acting area among Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCMMG) Occupational Therapy undergraduate students; to characterize the relevance of these factors in the choice of professional interest area and to compare specific choosing factors among the undergraduate students from both distinct (public and private schools) Occupational Therapy courses in the city of Belo Horizonte/MG. Surveying forms were distributed to all UFMG students graduating in the second semester of 2001, first and second semesters of 2002, and to the FCMMG graduating classes of 2001 and 2002. The data were analyzed with quantitative procedures by means of their statistical frequency. The results revealed the following factors as relevant, which were ranked higher (above 7 in 10) in their process of decision: fondness, vocation, readiness, relationship with professionals, curricular practical experience, faculty educational background, professor/student relationship, and area theoretical/clinical consistency. The results from this study may contribute to understanding the influences that these courses have on the graduating students and consequently, help to create problem solving.

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Discute-se a implantação de uma proposta de flexibilização curricular nos cursos de Terapia Ocupacional, apontando-se alguns parâmetros de análise para subsidiar a construção dela. Assim sendo, a delimitação do corpo de conhecimentos imprescindíveis à formação do terapeuta ocupacional, a construção de trajetórias acadêmicas com a participação discente e a utilização.

This article discusses a proposal implementation of curricular fexibility at occupational therapy undergraduate courses and points some standards to analysis to support its construction. Thus, it will bebe discussed fundamental principles of Occupational Therapy formation...

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A oficina tem por objetivos: relatar o processo histórico de elaboração e implantação do primeiro currículo mínimo do curso até as diretrizes curriculares nacionais dos cursos de terapia ocupacional do Brasil; identificar os parâmetros centrais que sustentam as diretrizes curriculares nacionais dos cursos de terapia ocupacional do Brasil; analisar os desdobramentos e as implicações das diretrizes nos cursos já existentes e nos cursos a serem criados no país; as estratégias centrais de implantação das diretrizes no campo da formação docente, organização e estruturação curricular, metodologia de ensino/aprendizagem, formação continuada, perfil de egressos a partir da teoria dos currículos, discutir experiências acadêmicas de cursos no processo de implantação das diretrizes curriculares nacionais do curso de terapia ocupacional.

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Este artigo analisa as tendencias da formacao do terapeuta ocupacional no Brasil tendo como referencia os curriculos minimos de Terapia Ocupacional vigentes no pais, as Diretrizes Curriculares do Curso de Terapia Ocupcional, as orientacoes...

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Esse artigo tem como objetivo analisar como a configuracao do campo profissional do terapeuta ocupacional, as organizacoes curriculares e a construcao do saber interferem no fomento a producao de conhecimento na area

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