Occupational therapy and socioeducative measures: a literature review

Adolescence and youth have been topics of growing interest in Occupational Therapy, and specifically, the relation of this life cycle to the infraction acts has appeared more recently in the practices and research of Brazilian occupational therapists. This article is a literature review carried out in five databases using the terms “occupational therapy”, “socio-educative measures”, “socio-educational measures” and “socio-education”. This research found 22 scientific productions, but only four were analyzed according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. In all selected texts, topics related to adolescence and youth were discussed, vulnerability, history of socio-educational measures, and questions about the daily life of young people in conflict with the law. The concepts and conceptions of the topics covered vary according to the theoretical line of the authors and there is a need for more scientific works being produced on the theme. Occupational Therapy is a profession that can contribute to the work to be developed with young people in compliance with socio-educational measures, in individual procedures, group actions, and/or in the management of the services available for the care of this population