Estimulación del desarrollo psicomotriz en niños con discapacidad intelectual del nivel inicial de la Unidad de Educación Especial Manuela Espejo

Abstract

Psychomotor development is one of the aspects that need to be stimulated from the first years of life, since it is a base area for the integral development of the human being and directly influences the development of abilities and skills in the future. For this reason, the present research had as a general objective to establish strategies aimed at stimulating for psychomotor development in boys and girls with intellectual disabilities in the initial level of the Specialized Educational Unit "Manuela Espejo". As a result of the research, a psychomotor stimulation program was generated in the innovative intervention modality whose purpose is to enhance psychomotor skills in children with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. The intervention is structured around four playful circuits designed to improve motor, cognitive, affective, social, communication and language skills. The research was based on the socio-critical paradigm approached from a mixed approach. In addition, the techniques of registration, observation, survey, and interview were used in order to characterize the level of psychomotor development. The case study was the methodology in which the information collected, and the designed proposal were specified. The innovative proposal was validated through the criteria of specialists, who evaluated its coherence, relevance, belonging and clarity. The results obtained from this validation determine that the innovation developed is viable and is in correspondence with the needs of the research.