Hospitals pedagogy: the toy library environments in hospital

Abstract

This article highlights the importance of Hospital Pedagogy, through the creation of playrooms in hospitals, as hospitalized children and adolescents, even in temporary or permanent treatment should have access to education and learning through play. The aim of this study was to analyze the care provided in the hospital playroom as interaction space in hospital pedagogy. The methodology used was a literature search through books and scientific articles that address this topic. Based on results we discussed that all hospitalized children and adolescents are guaranteed the right to have moments of learning, pleasure and joy in the hospital, through the Hospital Pedagogy and between kinds of existing attendances, there it is the organization and structuring of playrooms, where the hospital teacher may act aiming at the stimulation and development of the student. We emphasize the creation of spaces for the toy library within the hospital environment, because it provides learning through play. The actions in the playroom directed to children and adolescents may contribute to the development of the subject through play, imagination, and the psychosocial aspects of the illness of coping. This way we concluded the importance of hospital pedagogy activities in the toy, providing the integral development of hospitalized children and adolescents.