Abstract

GRANADOS RAMOS, DORA ELIZABETH; ROMERO ESQUILIANO, GABRIELA; MENDEZ RAMIREZ, IGNACIO  and  FERNANDEZ RUIZ, JUAN. The Notion of the Written Word and the Grammatical Notion of the Written Sentence in Children with a History of Perinatal Encephalopathy. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.2, pp.275-290. ISSN 0121-5469.

The objective of this research project was to describe the notion of the written word and the grammatical notion of the written sentence in 28 children between the ages of 4 and 8, who suffered hypoxic ischemic, hyperbilirubinemic, or mixed encephalopathy during the perinatal period. For that purpose, the Monterrey and the Terman Merrill instruments were administered, and the neuropsychological sequelae were documented. 75% of the children showed slight cognitive sequelae; 82% were at the expected level for their age regarding the notions evaluated; and of the 18% of the children with reading delays, four had a history of mixed encephalopathy and one of hyperbilirubinemia. The study discusses the levels of conceptualization regarding reading and writing, and their relation to biological and social variables.

Keywords : written word; written sentence; learning; perinatal encephalopathy; risk factors.

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