A atuação do Pedagogo na área hospitalar: desafios para a continuidade da aprendizagem de crianças hospitalizadas.

Abstract

The educational process for hospitalized children, whether on a continuous, frequent or long-term basis, faces significant and varied challenges, as it directly interferes with their intellectual, academic, social and emotional development. For this reason, offering the assistance of trained and specialized professionals in these places can be extremely important, such as pedagogues, who can collaborate with the continuity of children's development throughout the period they are undergoing treatment in hospital. Considering this universe, the general objective of this research was to investigate the educational activities carried out in a pediatric hospital in the municipality of Cajazeiras, analyzing their potential and the obstacles they face. The methodology chosen began with a bibliographical review, designed to contextualize the topic and present its main aspects, followed by field research, with interviews with the pedagogue at the Júlio Bandeira University Hospital in Cajazeiras-PB, as well as two mothers with children admitted to the institution. The results of the survey showed that the pedagogy professional is aware of the importance of hospital pedagogy and the activities she can carry out, but that she faces some challenges related to the lack of infrastructure and the lack of knowledge of the multidisciplinary team. As for the mothers who took part in the research, they also showed that they recognized the importance of pedagogical support for their children during the period in which they were hospitalized, helping to ensure that their educational development continued to be stimulated. It was concluded that the work of hospital pedagogues should be increasingly encouraged and expanded in healthcare institutions for children throughout the country, offering the necessary support and training, mainly as a way of recognizing the countless contributions that this support offers to the continuity of the intellectual development of hospitalized children and their well-being during this period.