Brinquedoteca hospitalar como atividade terapêutica no auxílio do tratamento de crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

The toy library arose to support social, psychological, recreational and educational growth for children. Where through play the child learns rules, learns to live collectively, begins to create his own ideas and increases his teaching-learning process. This work consists of a fully bibliographical research, based on several authors of the area. Consisting of the historical approach to how the toy library came about, the concept of a toy library, the main types of toy library, objectives and function, a conceptual approach and the benefits of toy and play, the importance of playfulness for the child, the role of Librarian within the toy library, characterization of the hospital toy library and the explanation of some studies carried out within hospital toy libraries and their respective results. From this, they show the benefits that the hospital toy library provides the hospitalized children during the treatment. The studies carried out and performed within the hospital environment showed how important the child's contact with toys and games in general is to provide a playful and more harmonious environment giving strength, courage and joy to continue the hospital treatment. These benefits are not important and enjoyable only to children, but also to their families who suffer with them. Toy library is health.