Contribuições da psicopedagogia no desenvolvimento psicomotor na síndrome de Down

Abstract

The present study has the objective of investitigate the contribution of psychopedagogy in the psychomotor development of the Down syndrome children. Developed through a case study of an exploratory and descriptive nature, based on sessions carried out with a 5-year-old lear- ner, studying in the infantile II, of pre-school education in a private school. The results initi- ally show that psychopedagogy, when realized with the proper stimulations, contributes to the psychomotor development of the Down syndrome child, aiming the global evoluation of the student, developing their abilities and attending to their specific needs and limitations caused by the syndrome. After the presentation to school and Family, these needs and skills that were affected in the patient, psychopedagogic activities were proposed to stimulate psychomotri- city, wich as a consequence will help other áreas of learning, such as acquiring written la- guage for example.