AVALIAÇÃO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA MOTRICIDADE GLOBAL EM CRIANÇAS

O desenvolvimento motor é a contínua alteração no comportamento motor ao longo do ciclo da vida do ser humano, devido à interação entre as necessidades da tarefa, da genética do indivíduo e as condições do ambiente em que se encontra. A fim de avaliar possíveis alterações ao longo do desenvolvimento de crianças, vários testes podem ser realizados, entre eles o Teste de Triagem do Desenvolvimento de Denver II (TTDD) composto por quatro itens de avaliação: pessoal-social, adaptação motora fina, linguagem e motricidade grosseira, sendo este último o instrumento utilizado neste estudo, cujo objetivo foi avaliar o desempenho das habilidades motoras globais de crianças de uma creche. Os resultados mostraram 17 crianças entre 10 e 30 meses de Idade Cronológica (IC), com uma média de 22,7 meses, sendo 9 (52,94%) do sexo masculino e 8 (47,05%) do sexo feminino. Todas apresentaram testes como “aprovado”, ou seja, realizaram as atividades adequadas para a IC. Classificando a motricidade global de acordo com o TTDD: 82,36% (14 crianças) obtiveram o score “avançado” e 17,64% (3 crianças) “normal”. Quanto ao gênero o desempenho foi ligeiramente melhor nas meninas, pois todas as crianças do sexo feminino estão além do item correspondente à IC. Com o presente estudo pode-se concluir que o TTDD é um importante teste de triagem para avaliar o desenvolvimento da motricidade global de crianças, de fácil utilização, podendo ser implantado em instituições para possível intervenção, preferencialmente o mais precoce possível, naquelas que apresentarem alterações do desenvolvimento

AVALIAÇÃO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA MOTRICIDADE GLOBAL EM CRIANÇAS

Development is the continuous change in global behavior over the life cycle of human beings, due to the interaction between the needs of the task, the individual's genetic and environmental conditions in which the child is. In order to evaluate possible changes during the development of children, several tests may be performed, including the Denver II Test composed of four assessment items: personal-social, fine motor adaptation, language and overall motor skills, being the latter the instrument used in this study. The objective was to evaluate the overall motor skills of children from a day care center. Seventeen children between 10 and 30 months of chronological age, average of 22.7 months old, participated, being 9 (52.95%) males and 8 (47.05%) females, of 21 children who join the nursery at a day care center in Presidente Prudente, SP. All children presented tests as "approved", in other words, they performed the activities suitable for the chronological age. Classifying the global motor according to the Development Screening Test (Denver II): 14 children (82.36%) achieved the score "advanced" and 3 children (17.64%) were classified as "normal". Regarding gender, the performance was slightly better in girls, because all the female children are beyond the item corresponding to the chronological age. Thus, the overall motor development in children from day care center evaluated by the methods used in this study was “normal” and “advanced” according to the chronological age

AVALIAÇÃO DO CRESCIMENTO E DESENVOLVIMENTO ATRAVÉS DO INVENTÁRIO PORTAGE OPERACIONALIZADO EM CRIANÇAS

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the growth and development of children in day care and to intervene in those with delayed of motor development. This study had the participation of 15 children (8 males and 7 females) between 0 to 2 years, attending a day care at Presidente Prudente/SP. It was used the charts of BMI/age of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assess the growth and, for analysis of development, it was used the Operationalized Portage Inventory, which consists of tests divided into five areas: socialization, self-care, language, cognition and motor development, and it may establish if the age of the area become smaller (delay), equal to or greater than the chronological age in each child. The children had an average age of 17.86 months and eutrophic classification, in other words, normal BMI/age. The sample was above the chronological age in the areas of socialization (11 children), self-care (13), and motor development (13). The cognition area was equally distributed into smaller, equal and greater than chronological age. Only the area of language (13 children) was presented below the chronological age. The two children who had delayed motor development received motor intervention and, after the reassessment, there was significant evolution of the motor age, without changing in the classification of BMI/age. Therefore, most of these children had the proper growth and development for their age, except in the language area. In addition, the motor intervention was effective, confirming the importance of the performance of professionals specialized in health and education area in day care, contributing to children growth and development