YOUTH, SCHOOL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICES: AN INTERVENTION AND ITS
RESULTS
Andréa Viana Titon1
Lilian Caroline Urnau2
Andréa Vieira Zanella3
ABSTRACT
This article discuss an intervention on educational psychology that had been
carried out through workshops with students of a public school in Florianópolis, Santa
Catarina, during the second semester of 2005. A dialogical space was built in order to
allow for the expression of the youth´ multiple and diverse interests, discussing themes
such as drugs, violence, sexuality and projects of life. The experience leads to reflect on
the role of the psychologist within the school institution and on the daily challenges faced
by the pedagogical team. As far as the workshops are concerned, it was possible to
identify some difficulties and possibilities embedded within the proposed activities. For
the majority of the students there was an improvement in the quality of their
communication in the group, especially after an activity of creation of an adolescent
character through which they had been able to talk about themselves.
Key Words: School psychology, youth, thematic workshops
1
Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina – UFSC.
2
Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina – UFSC.
3
Doutora em Educação pela PUC-SP; Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC; Bolsista Produtividade do CNPq.
Pesquisas e Práticas Psicossociais, v. 1, n. 2, São João del-Rei, dez.2006