Abstract

MORALES GONZALEZ, Ma. Alejandra; LAZARO GARCIA, Emelia; SOLOVIEVA, Yulia  and  QUINTANAR ROJAS, Luis. Neuropsychological Assessment and Correction of Language in Children. Pensam. psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.1, pp.39-53. ISSN 1657-8961.

Objective. Language alterations constitute a frequent issue during childhood. This research is based on the case study of a 5 year old female patient with language problems. Diagnosis was established by designing and applying an intervention program, drawn up according to the historic-cultural theoretical-methodological approach. The main objective was to improve the articulation and proper coordination of phonemes of the Spanish language, and as a complementary objective, the development of fine motor skills, the formation of images of objects, and spatial orientation. Method. The evaluation and diagnostic was carried out based on the application of qualitative protocols with a historical-cultural approach, determining, in the pre-intervention evaluation, a functional weakness in kinesthetic integration and sequential motor organization of language. After the initial evaluation the application of a corrective neuropsychological program was performed. Results. Re-evaluation was carried out after the intervention, which showed favourable changes in the girl's verbal comprehension and expression skills. Conclusion. A reconsideration of the classical diagnosis and correction schemes is proposed, which are based on a single psychological function, and do not allow neither an integral syndromic analysis to be carried out, nor an integral approximation for correction and development to be made.

Keywords : Evaluation; Neuropsychology; child language; Rehabilitation of speech and language disorders.

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