Estimulación temprana para el desarrollo intelectual en un niño con síndrome de Down

Abstract

time authors have been busy defining the concept of Down Syndrome. Because early stimulation is the main foundation in the motor and intellectual development of the child, implementing strategies in the activities that are carried out in the stimulation, making the child acquire skills and abilities for intellectual development depends on the quality of the stimulation, promoting the acquisition of future learning Determine the importance of early stimulation and intellectual development in a child with Down syndrome, reviewing bibliographical sections of different authors who have addressed this topic. Study that was carried out with the cognitive behavioral approach taking into account that this theory is aimed at modifying behavior and behaviors to strengthen cognitive development, cognitive stimulation includes activities aimed at maintaining cognitive functioning through exercises of memory, language, functions executives through a stimulation program. The research design will be descriptive due to the analysis and definition of the object of study, providing information about how early stimulation influences intellectual development. One of the categories in this research process is early stimulation, which refers to sets of strategies that are essential for intellectual development in a child with Down syndrome, as in any family where there is a human being with a disability, it is normal before a first diagnosis to create an emotional impact. To approach the case study and the problem mentioned above, the following techniques and instruments were used, based on a psychopedagogical model in order to determine the importance of early stimulation in a child with Down syndrome. The instruments used were the interview, the observation and the Goodenough test Obtained from this research have made it possible to determine the importance of early stimulation for intellectual development in a child with Down syndrome; the respective analysis of each instrument will be carried out in relation to the study variables that are: Down Syndrome, early stimulation, Intellectual Development for which it can be evidenced that it has a good long-term memory, but when capturing the drawing on the sheet the graphic ability with shortcomings, being the drawing with lines and circles, providing as a result, based on the diagnostic table, 45% of IQ, resulting in a Medium Deficient Intelligence, which had a low effect in this activity.