Abstract

GONZALEZ MORENO¹, Claudia Ximena. A case study regarding lack of attention from a clinical and educational perspective. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2011, vol.59, n.3, pp.215-236. ISSN 0120-0011.

Background. A historical-cultural approach has shown the usefulness of implementing preventative and corrective programmes regarding development and learning problems, especially regarding lack of attention, using directive functions of language. Objective. Identifying the impact of a method involving directive functions of language for correcting lack of attention. Materials and methods. Two cases are presented. One was considered experimental involving a correction programme using directive functions of language and the other was a control involving pharmacological treatment. The children were neuro-psychologically evaluated in both cases before and after the intervention programme being implemented. The control child received pharmacological treatment. Results. Initial evaluation revealed regulation and control flaws and consolidation of internal images of objects in both cases. Final evaluation revealed positive changes in programming and control, as well as in using external verbal language in the experimental case. No changes were noted in the control case regarding initial evaluation. Conclusion. The results showed that a programme involving directive functions of language could have important effects regarding the cognitive sphere and all spheres of an infant's psyche. This was seen regarding the emotional-affective sphere involving behavioural and personality, motives and interests, as the experimental child achieved important advances in all activities requiring regulation and control of such activity. The child also began to use his own language to organise, direct and regulate his academic activities.

Keywords : attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; lenguage deve lopment; child; preschool; evaluation (MeSH).

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