Nivel y edad de desarrollo psicomotriz de los niños y niñas de los Centros Infantiles del Buen Vivir Huayna Capac y Bosque de Monay. Marzo - agosto 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The psychomotor development of children takes more importance nowadays due to the significant impact and the value that is given to the skills that they acquire during the ages of 0 to 5 years; These skills are fundamental for the harmonious development of children and are evaluated in different areas such as cognition, social, motor, self-help and language. For this reason, the Psychomotor Development evaluation was carried out with the Brunet Lezine test, the revised version and the Battelle Development Inventory. OBJECTIVE: To determine the level and age of psychomotor development of the children of the Children's Centers of Buen Vivir Huayna Cápac and Bosque de Monay of the Cuenca canton, March - August 2018. METHODOLOGY: The study was of descriptive quantitative type of cross section. The study population was all children who regularly attended the Buen Vivir Children's Centers Huayna Cápac and Bosque de Monay. For the collection of information, the "Battelle development inventory" and "The Brunet Lezine Development Scale revised version" were applied. For the analysis and tabulation of data, the SPSS 15.0 free version, Microsoft Excel and Word 2013 programs were used for frequency statistics and percentages. RESULTS: The sample was composed of 105 children, as a result of which 3.8% presented a global delay in psychomotor development with the Brunet Lezine test, and the area with the greatest weaknesses was Expressive Communication with the Inventory of Battelle development. The results obtained were used to determine the level and age of development of the children and the information was used only for this investigation