TOY LIBRARY AND PLAYING AT THE HOSPITAL: DIALOG BETWEEN LUDICROUS AND THE THERAPEUTIC

Abstract

The present article results from a project developed for hospitalized children by a group of teachers and students from FCT/UNESP Campus of Presidente Prudente. It has as objective investigates the possibility to decrease the usual level of anguish and current suffering of these children through playing and connected activities. This work is related to public policy and to psychoanalytical theories, especially from Donald W. Winnicott and Melanie Klein. Observations and interactions with the support on the psychoanalytical method are also considered. The study demonstrates that playing in the hospital helps the humanization process and minimizes child's and family’s pain from the disease and the hospitalization, thereby helping with the cure process.