ESTIMULAÇÃO NEUROPSICOMOTORA EM CRIANÇAS COM CÂNCER HOSPITALIZADAS ATRAVÉS DA “TERAPIA DA ALEGRIA”

The cancer is the third cause of children's death and adolescents in Brazil. For this reason this study investigated if the neuropsychomotor stimulation can enhance the cancer hospitalized children's quality of  life through the “Happiness Therapy ". This project is characterized as a clinical study type research-action, of traverse cohort and qualitative analysis of the results.  Participated of the study all children interned during the intervention period in the Oncology Service of the Infantile Hospital Joana de Gusmao from Florianopolis.  The interventions were accomplished through neuropsychomotor stimulation with ludic-pedagogic materials, as paintings, collage, construction with logical blocks, to play musical instruments, to fill and to play with balloons, among other, always in group to stimulate the physical, motor, cognitive and social development of the children. For the collection of data, the medical registrations were consulted and we used a field diary, where we registered in an observational matrix the accomplished activities and logged the reports for the children's, families and health professionals involved in the project.  We noticed that the therapies woke up the children's interest to accomplish the activities, stimulating the coordination, the balance, the language, the cognitive, the corporal circulation, the cardio-breathing function, the socialization, besides turning the hospital  atmosphere more pleasant and less traumatic.