Desafios de adolescer na pandemia de covid-19: um relato de experiência de um estágio em Psicologia de forma remota em orientação profissional

Abstract

This work will present an experience report in professional guidance carried out with different groups of adolescents (students from public and private schools) in the Uberlândia/MG city remotely due to the covid-19 pandemic, following the sócio-historical approach.. 9 meetings were held with participants from private schools and 8 with those from public schools, through the meetgoogle platform, during the first half of 2021. The dissemination of the Project “E agora, José?” took place through the Project’ social mídias and schools’ emails, there were 71 subscribers, 49 of which were from private institutions, while 22 were from public schools. 20 people from the public schools and 37 from private institutions. However, at the end of the internship period, there were 4 people in the public school groups and 5 in the private school meetings. The pillars of Professional Guidance: Selfknowledge; Determinants of choice; Information; World of work and Life Project were used to support the discussions about the professional choice process. During the meetings, the importance of its development was observed, these groups became listening and welcoming spaces for these adolescentes, understanding the existing differences in the experiences that students from public schools had in relation to those from private institutions due to the socioeconomic differences. In addition, the similarities between the participants of the groups are highlighted with regard to the anxieties of the professional choice process and the period of adolescence experienced in the covid-19 pandemic. Finally, the Professional Guidance groups were important to be able to better understand and reflect on the choice process in times of a pandemic and the impacts it had on the mental health of these students.