XVIII Occupational Therapy Week of Bahiana

The courtyard of the Academic Unit Brotas was crowded throughout the morning of last Thursday, October 27th, due to the opening roundtable of the XVIII Occupational Therapy Week of the Bahiana which continued until Friday afternoon, with various activities.

With the theme Public Policies of People with Disabilities and Inclusion, the table was attended by Tereza Cristina de Holanda, representative of the Municipal Department of Culture, Education and Leisure; Graciele Leal, Director of Promotion and Defense of the Rights of the Disabled Person, of the Department of Justice, Citizenship and Human Rights of Bahia; Nilzã Gomes dos Santos, from the Pedagogical Support Center for the Visually Impaired; Márcia de Paula, occupational therapist at the Center for Prevention and Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities (Cepred) and Wilson Gomes from the Civil Accessibility Commission of Salvador COCAS.

In the audience, in addition to students and professors from the occupational therapy course, there were also young people assisted by the Center for Rehabilitation and Prevention of Disabilities of the Irmã Dulce Social Works Association (CRPD-AOSID). At the end of the morning, they performed a capoeira presentation and an animated samba roda. During the entire event, an educational workshop for children was held on the premises of the Occupational Therapy Service of the Teaching-Assistential Outpatient Clinic of Bahia (ADAB).

For the Occupational Therapy student, Thalita Almeida, there was a change of audience in this edition. “Our objective was to promote a discussion about public policies for people with disabilities, the elderly and people with mental illnesses. I think we had a different audience this year, because in previous editions, we were more focused on the academic community and now we are more focused on users of the occupational therapy service”, explains the 6th semester student.

On Friday, the round table took place Mental Health and Inclusion with the participation of representatives of the Municipal and State Health Secretariats (CREASE and AMEA). At the end of the day, the IV Meeting of Graduates took place with a cocktail in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the 2001 class.

The event also had stands where adapted toys, paintings by the artist Iuri Cunha and handicrafts by D. Zélia Andrade Lefundes, patient from the physiotherapy service at the Bahiana.

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