Efeito da intervenção terapêutica ocupacional junto a crianças com déficts de percepção visual, coordenação motora e integração visuo-motora

• Autor(a) principal: Araújo, Rita de Cássia Tibério [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Zafani, Mariana Dutra [UNESP], Pereira, Débora Morais [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/educacaoespecial/article/view/4665; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/114910
• topic: Terapia Ocupacional; Educação Especial; integração visomotora

To students with special educational needs participate actively at school are required effective and systematic investment, involving the school community as a whole. The occupational therapist is one of the professionals who can facilitate this student inclusion process. This study aimed to discuss the occupational therapy intervention effects with two disability children with deficits in visual perceptual skills, motor coordination and visual motor integration, that was included in regular education. The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration was use to evaluate visual perceptual skills, motor coordination and visual-motor integration. Because the deficits presented in the functions investigates was identified the need of an occupational therapy intervention program designed to improve the performance in theses functions. After the program, the test was reapplied. The results pointed to an improvement of all functions considered deficient. These results highlight to the training importance to improve the performance in abilities evaluated.