[From the psychiatric to the psychosocial crisis: the views present in the Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Centers].

This article aims to identify the signs of crisis present in the discourses of Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPSij) workers and managers, in the light of the current paradigms in the field, indicating possible impasses and advances in psychosocial care for children and adolescents. We present the results of three exploratory and qualitative studies, which address the theme of the crisis in the CAPSij in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. We used as data collection instruments: a questionnaire, semi-structured interview scripts, and a focus group.

[The daily routine of teens at a Center for Psychosocial Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs in Brazil: realities and challenges].

This study aimed to shed light on the daily reality of adolescents in relation to drugs, at a Center for Psychosocial Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAPSad) and the other contexts in which they circulate, analyzed from their own perspective. The study included eight adolescents 12 to 18 years of age enrolled in the CAPSad in a medium-sized city in the interior of São Paulo State, Brazil. Data collection used an identification form for the adolescents and family network and a semi-structured interview.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the assistive technology device - Predisposition assessment (ATD PA) for use in Brazil (ATD PA Br).

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to conduct a cross-cultural adaptation of the Assistive Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ATD PA) for use in Brazil.

Method: The selection of the Assistive Technology Device Predisposition Assessment (ATD PA) was determined by previous literature reviews of articles published in 2014 and 2016 in six databases with the terms "assistive device" or "assistive technology" or "self-help device" combined with "evidence-based practice" or "framework" or "measurement scale" or "model and outcome assessment". This review indicated that the conceptual model of Assistive Technology (AT) most discussed in the literature was the Matching Person and Technology (MPT) model, and this finding determined the selection of ATD PA as an assessment within the MPT portfolio of measures.

Beliefs and Attitudes about Childhood Epilepsy among School Teachers in Two Cities of Southeast Brazil.

Childhood epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder associated with profound psychosocial limitations epileptic children's routine. Lack of information and inappropriate beliefs are still the factors that most contribute to the stigma and discrimination. This study aimed at characterizing teacher's beliefs and attitudes at regular and special schools in two cities of southeastern Brazil where students with epilepsy studied.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Gross Motor Function Classification System into Brazilian-Portuguese (GMFCS).

Background: Due to the complexity of clinical symptoms of cerebral palsy and the difficulties in classifying it based upon the motor types and the topography of the body distribution only, Canadian researchers have proposed the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). Although this classification system has been largely used in Brazil, it has not been cross culturally adapted yet.

Objectives: To perform the cross adaptation of the Gross Motor Function Classification System for the Cerebral Palsy (GMFCS) into Brazilian-Portuguese and to verify the reliability among observers of the adapted instrument in Brazilian children.

[The Saranson's Social Support questionnaire: studies regarding its adaptation to portuguese].

With the aim of developing psychometrical studies using the Saranson's Social Support Questionnaire, an adapted version of the instrument was applied to 113 mothers. The Kappa Statistical Parameter, the Index of Gross Agreement and Spearman's Correlation were used to the analysis. The analysis of the internal consistency instrument showed a high level of it.