HUMANIZED WELCOME AND AFFECTIVE STIMULUS FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILDREN: CASE STUDY (Atena Editora)

Abstract

Institutionalized children are those who are removed from their family environments for various reasons and placed in temporary institutions, such as shelters, for the purpose of family reintegration or adoption. This separation from their families can have a profound emotional impact and can lead to learning and socialization deficits, affecting the child's physical, cognitive and psychological development. Quality care is linked to establishing emotional connections, stability and security for children, which plays a vital role in their development. To humanize care, storytelling, music and play therapy are used to promote health education, socialization and the right to leisure. Play serves as a way for children to express themselves and create a world where their feelings and fantasies can be explored, allowing them to explore their environment, imagination, feelings, creativity and social interaction, something very important, as the development of cognitive skills it is intertwined with emotional experiences, communication and socialization. This article is a case report, of a descriptive, qualitative and exploratory nature through reports from academics and based on a search for data in the literature and situations experienced by the group since March 2023, with the aim of presenting the experience of nursing students who explored the positive impacts of playing with children in institutionalization situations and how the humanized approach contributes to strengthening emotional bonds in this context. At the Children's Home, recreational activities were carried out, games such as: puzzles, memory games, group dynamics, painting activities, cutting, collage, storytelling and health education, weekly since March 25, 2023. During the actions, J.'s evolution was observed, which went from hostile behavior to showing affection towards the team, as creating a bond between the child and the host and through patience and communication, along with the reinforcement of praise, constancy, affection, happiness and security, results in the feeling of not being alone, but of belonging and deserving. This way, humanization in the reception process seeks to establish, through playing, a bond of trust and affection between the child and the caregiver. With patience, effective communication, resilience and positive incentives, such as frequent praise, consistency, joy and security, the result is not only that the child does not feel alone, but that they feel part of something and worthy of attention and affection.