Abstract

HALLAL, Camilla Zamfolini; MARQUES, Nise Ribeiro  and  BRACCIALLI, Lígia Maria Presumido. Acquisition of functional abilities in the mobility area by children assisted in an early stimulation program. Rev. bras. crescimento desenvolv. hum. [online]. 2008, vol.18, n.1, pp. 27-34. ISSN 0104-1282.

Early stimulation aims to avoid or reduce neuropsychomotor developmental disorders and to enable children to develop all their potential. The purpose of this study was to analyse, according to caregivers' perception, the acquisition of functional abilities in the mobility area by children with neuropsychomotor development delay assisted by an early stimulation program. Children aged 0 to 3 years participated in this study. The data collection was performed in October 2006 and May 2007, and part I of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory was used. The analysis of children's performance in the mobility area, according to the chronological age, was obtained by the normative standardized score. The results showed that five children developed, one child regressed and two children maintained the same score. This fact can be related to the clinical diagnosis of each child, which maintains specific characteristics that influence neuropsychomotor development in distinct ways. We concluded that, according to the normative score, the majority of children developed. Thus, we suggest that early stimulation, together with the child's intrinsic development, contributes to the acquisition of functional abilities in the mobility area in children with delay in development.

Keywords : Motor development; early stimulation; PEDI.

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