Características de 15 niños y niñas con retraso del desarrollo psicomotor con discapacidad que asisten a los centros especiales del área urbana del cantón Cuenca: Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca 2009

Abstract

A descriptive study has been carry out where it was determined the characteristics of 0 to 5 years old children with delay of the psychomotor development with disability, among 15 children, boys and girls that attend two urban fiscal and private centers in Cuenca from January to June of the year 2009, establishing relationship with the following characteristics: malnutrition, abnormal cephalic perimeter, type of family, parents migration and type of caretaker. The test used for the evaluation of development were: the Brunet Lezine for the confirmation of the Psychomotor Development delay, the EVE guides for younger than 3 years and the BVD for ages from 3 to 5 years, to know if they fulfill the approaches of dependence. The results found were the following: 6.7% of boys and girls didn't present disability in spite of being in a special center and that same percentage presented migration of their father and the mother. in the gender the difference in percentage is minimal. The age has a medium of 30.2meses. 46.7% of the boys and girls showed under weight. 40% of the boys and girls showed low size. 13.3% showed global malnutrition; 6.7% showed microcefalia. the 86.7% were taken care by their mother, while the 13.3% were taken care by a different person. The variables in study demonstrate the situation of the studied children, many of them were presented in situation of social risk. KEY WORDS: Developmental disabilities, a descriptive study of motor skills disorders, early intervention, special education, Infant, Preschool.