Dual care as a modality of interdisciplinary intervention in the clinic with young children

Abstract

Introduction: A therapeutic approach, with an interdisciplinary approach, allows us to think about the intervention in an integral way, assumed in the intervention centered in the family. Objective: This study aims to discuss the benefits and care that therapists need to have to perform joint care, and how to handle parents’ presence in session. Method: Case study composed of two girls aged 3 years and 6 months and 4 years and 9 months attended by doubles of therapists in a school clinic. Qualitative analysis was carried out by means of observation in medical records, field reports of clinical experience, discussions after care, supervisions and guidelines. Results: In both cases, it was possible to observe positive evolutions in patients and in the family relationship, as well as to identify the scenes present during the joint care, which presented as an efficient modality of intervention in time. Further studies on the subject are still needed as a way of continuing to test its efficiency. Conclusion: Joint care proved to be effective, being a facilitator method in the clinic, especially when considering the baby-parent pair, provided there is harmony between the therapists and evaluate when it is possible or not the parents’ presence in the session