Travestility, transsexuality and demands for occupational therapists training

• Main Authors: Jaime Daniel Leite Junior, Roseli Esquerdo Lopes
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de São Carlos 2017-09-01
• Series: Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional
• Subjects: Travestility; Transsexuality; Undergraduate Formation; Higher Education; Public Politics
• Online Access: http://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/1821/894

This paper presents an exploratory study performed with the occupational therapy graduation courses of public universities in the state of São Paulo - Brazil, between 2013 and 2015, in order to identify and discuss the insertion of the gender themes. We focused on travestility and transsexuality in the Occupational Therapy undergraduate training. Initially, we performed a literature revision in the most relevant national and international indexed publications, as well as in the databases SCOPUS, SciELO and Web of Science. Also, we performed a survey to find public policies and/or programs, guidelines discussed and proposals specifically for this group in Brazil. In a second moment, the undergraduate courses were invited to participate by: a) giving access to their political-pedagogical projects; b) interviews with coordinators and teachers that worked with the subject; c) interviews with senior students; d) creating debate and discussion rounds. This dataset allowed the production of results focused on the theoretical and practical training of occupational therapists in the state, which has the higher number of professionals, courses, teachers and researchers in the Brazilian occupational therapy community. These results led to a discussion on training, regarding the assistance processes in the given area, in a way that offers references for strategies to deal with the daily vulnerabilities of the people experiencing travestility and transsexuality in the field of occupational therapy.