The article is a reflection about the psychological attendance for hospitalized children. Considers the drawing like a form of expression that facilitates the communication of children with the health professionals, especially when them enter the pre-operational stage of child development. The text understand the drawing like a projective instrument allowing the representation of the internal reality of child through symbol. The theme expands the possibility of intervention with children, encouraging the perception of new ways of dealing with them.
drawing; hospitalized child; feelings