“These days, in school, we are talking about vulnerability”: contributions of occupational therapy for the continuing education of teachers

Many children and adolescents are subjected to social vulnerability situations that bring up the needto consider the impacts of life conditions in the educative process. School is a source of social support and thereis the need for the continuing education of teachers based on the understanding and coping of this reality. Theobjective of this research was to describe and analyze the experience of a program for the training of middle-schooleducators on the possibilities of using educational games with children under vulnerable social situations. Thiscase study utilized the qualitative approach and had the participation of 14 middle-school teachers; data collectedthrough questionnaires and focal groups were analyzed through thematic content analysis. Results, which wereexpressed in the following theme categories: Concepts of Social Vulnerability, Causes and Consequences of Social Vulnerability, Education and Social Vulnerability and Occupational Therapy Intervention Evaluation,indicated the potentialities of partnership between education and occupational therapy professionals for facingthe situations of social vulnerability in school.