Resume My dissertation follows early child support and care offered to children of early and pre- school age with risk psychomotor development. This support includes not only help to children with physical, mental or sensual defects, but also help to their patents, who participate in the research by filling anonymous questionaires regarding their satisfaction or displeasure with given subjects. The results of the research show among other two fundemental outcomes based on positive evaluation of the specialists who were taking care of the children and their parents. It also shows the satisfaction with consulting services to the parents who are using using them.

The thesis devotes to the negative effects of alcohol abuse during pregnancy on early psychical development of the child. It surveys the problematic fields of development of the children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol. The theoretical survey is accompanied by qualitative empirical part, which contains four case studies of children in the age of 6 - 72 weeks whose mothers were drinking alcohol during pregnancy. There are several problematic areas in the development of these children, for example growth deficit, retardation of the psychomotor development (especially in speech, gross motor skills and social behaviour), attachment disorders and eating disorders. These signs correspond to the scientific literature, but there are differences in the extent and frequency in the children Key words: alcohol, fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, early psychomotor development

This diploma thesis introduces the options for motor skills assessment of preschool children in the pedagogical and health care setting. This thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part, the author describes the psychomotor development of a child with a focus on the preschool period. The following chapter provides an overview of pedagogical and healthcare professions that mostly focus on the psychomotor development matters. The following chapters analyse the options for motor skills diagnostics in preschool children, including an overview of the most commonly used tests. In the practical part, a set of diagnostic tasks was created for the purpose of rough estimation of motor skills levels of preschool children. The suggested task set was then put to a clinical trial in five kindergartens in two cities in the Czech Republic. The practical part consists of a description of individual tasks in the task set, their evaluation, description of the used sample of children, administration of the task set and collection of data in accordance with stated ethical principles of research. There data is then presented, analysed and the resolving power of the task set is evaluated. The addendum of the practical part contains suggested modifications of the diagnostic...

The thesis aimed at finding out whether parents of toddlers with delayed psychomotor development undergoing curative spa stays administer food supplements, their reasons for administering them and what kinds and how often food supplements are administered. Eating habits of these children were looked into as well. Children with polio and central infantile hypotonic syndrome took part in the research. Quantitative research method using an anonymous questionnaire was employed for data collection. Altogether, there were 50 respondents. The results showed that 72 % (n=36) of parents already administered their children food supplements at such an early age. The most frequent motive for this was to strengthen the immune system. Vitamin supplements counted among the most frequently administered supplements in the sample. Furthermore, the research showed that not even the food composition of children in the sample was ideal. The results proved that it is highly desirable to pursue nutrition education of parents of children with neurological handicaps and chiefly also assure higher awareness of food supplements. Key words: dietary supplements, nutrition, toddler period, delayed psychomotor development, vitamins, cerebral palsy

BRITO, Andreyson Calixto de. A influência da capoeira no desenvolvimento psicomotor de crianças. 2014. 159f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2014. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-11-28T11:23:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_tese_acbrito.pdf: 5251701 bytes, checksum: 9b3b5e909e77dc79060710e84e30f887 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-11-28T15:11:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_tese_acbrito.pdf: 5251701 bytes, checksum: 9b3b5e909e77dc79060710e84e30f887 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-28T15:11:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014_tese_acbrito.pdf: 5251701 bytes, checksum: 9b3b5e909e77dc79060710e84e30f887 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Psychomotor development is characterized by a progressive and continuous process which takes the evolution of cognition, affectivity, motor skills, communication and sociability, as a whole, simultaneous and integrated. The study aimed to evaluate the effects of the practice of capoeira psychomotor development in infancy. The sample consisted of 54 students of the second year of the municipal elementary education schools in Fortaleza, aged 6-12 years divided into two groups: experimental group (14 male - 15 female) and group control (12 male - 13 female). Children in the experimental group were subjected to the practice of capoeira twice a week for 32 weeks, with 45 minutes each session, while the control group did not participate in capoeira classes. The BPM (Psychomotor Battery) was used to assess psychomotor development. The statistical tool used was the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. The level of significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. The main conclusions of this study regarding the psychomotor development of the children were as follows: a) females had better results in almost all tests, the pre-test and post-test, with statistically significant differences for thin praxis, the group trial during pre-test, and the notion of the body, in both groups at post-test; b) the post-test, the experimental group performed better in both sexes in the seven factors evaluated; c) the experimental group showed improvements in performance from the first to the second assessment, with statistically significant differences in all tests for evaluation of psychomotor development: tone (p <0.01); equilibration (p <0.00); lateralization (p <0.00); notion of the body (p <0.00); spatiotemporal structure (p <0.00); global praxis (p <0.00) and thin praxis (p <0.00). From the results obtained in this study, we conclude that the practice of capoeira, when well targeted, delivers significant improvements in psychomotor development of children. / O desenvolvimento psicomotor é caracterizado por um processo progressivo e continuo onde se dá a evolução da cognição, da afetividade, da motricidade, da comunicação e da sociabilidade, de forma global, simultânea e integrada. O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos da prática da capoeira no desenvolvimento psicomotor na infância. A amostra foi constituída por 54 alunos do segundo ano do ensino fundamental da rede municipal de ensino de Fortaleza, com idades de 6 a 12 anos, divididos em dois grupos: grupo experimental (14 do sexo masculino - 15 do sexo feminino) e grupo de controle (12 sexo masculino – 13 sexo feminino). As crianças do grupo experimental foram submetidas à prática da capoeira duas vezes por semana, durante 32 semanas, com 45 minutos cada sessão, enquanto o grupo de controle não participou das aulas de capoeira. A BPM (Bateria Psicomotora) foi utilizada para avaliar o desenvolvimento psicomotor. A ferramenta estatística utilizada foi o Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), versão 20.0. O nível de significância foi estabelecido em p ≤ 0,05. As principais conclusões deste estudo relativamente ao desenvolvimento psicomotor das crianças foram as seguintes: a) o sexo feminino obteve melhores resultados em quase todos os testes aplicados, no pré-teste e no pós-teste, com diferenças estatisticamente significativas para praxia fina, no grupo experimental, durante pré-teste, e para noção de corpo, nos dois grupos, no pós-teste; b) no pós teste, o grupo experimental apresentou melhor desempenho em ambos os sexos nos sete fatores avaliados; c) o grupo experimental demonstrou melhorias no desempenho, do primeiro para o segundo momento de avaliação, com diferenças estatisticamente significativas em todos os testes aplicados para avaliação do desenvolvimento psicomotor: tonicidade (p < 0,01); equilibração (p < 0,00); lateralização (p < 0,00); noção de corpo (p < 0,00); estruturação espaciotemporal (p < 0,00); praxia global (p < 0,00) e praxia fina (p < 0,00). Este exprimento sugere que a prática da capoeira pode contribuir para potencializar o desenvolvimento psicomotor em crianças.

The thesis deals with homeschooling. Theoretical part defines the basic concepts of homeschooling and describes the development of a child from six to eleven years of age. There is also analysis of history, development and legislation of homeschooling. The last part describes the practice of homeschooling from the perspective of the family and the institutions. Practical part of the thesis is focused on the search for common characteristics of families and children in homeschooling. This section is based on information obtained through interviews with parents and teachers. Analysis results are reported in the interview evaluation of hypotheses.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:46:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4975.pdf: 5708700 bytes, checksum: bcbcf6b5f6b104004a9e30b585e3607a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-26 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The hippotherapy is a therapeutic and educational horse that uses an interdisciplinary approach in seeking the biopsychosocial development of people with special needs. Among the various types of special needs highlights the disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children with this disorder characterized by a level of attention to inappropriate for their age, developmental disorder that causes motor, perceptual , cognitive and behavioral. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a program of hippotherapy on the psychomotor development of children with ADHD indicative. Regarding the method, we developed an exploratory study of type experimental manipulation. Participants were five children aged between 7 and 10 years, coming from a city in the interior of São Paulo. In order to identify children with ADHD indicative of the scale was employed MTA SNAP-IV (ADHD rating scale for Swanson, Phelan and Nonam - version IV). Before and after the intervention period, study participants underwent an evaluation based Motor Development Scale (EDM). The intervention consisted of a program of education called equine therapy / rehabilitation, and was composed of 24 sessions, lasting 30 minutes, recorded systematically through filming and field diary. The results were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively by the Wilcoxon paired test with p <0.05 in combination with a descriptive analysis of the evolution of the practitioners. Through the analysis of the results showed that the program influenced in all studied motor skills, and psychomotor aspects more influenced by hippotherapy program, according to the scale of motor development (EDM), were respectively spatial organization, balance, motor skills thin body schema, and the lowest was observed in the motor influence global and temporal organization. Since in the post-test, the motor age overall was statistically significant, it is concluded, in general, that the hippotherapy program was effective for the development of psychomotor aspects of children with ADHD indicative. / A equoterapia é um método terapêutico e educacional que utiliza o cavalo em uma abordagem interdisciplinar buscando o desenvolvimento biopsicossocial de pessoas com necessidades especiais. Entre os vários tipos de necessidades especiais destaca-se o transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH); crianças com esse transtorno caracterizam-se por um nível de atenção inadequado ao esperado para a idade, distúrbio do desenvolvimento que gera déficits motores, perceptivos, cognitivos e comportamentais. O objetivo do presente estudo é verificar o efeito de um programa de equoterapia sobre o desenvolvimento psicomotor de crianças com indicativos de TDAH. Com relação ao método, foi desenvolvido um estudo exploratório do tipo manipulação experimental. Participaram do estudo cinco crianças com idade entre 7 e 10 anos, procedentes de um município do interior de São Paulo. A fim de identificar crianças com indicativos de TDAH foi empregada a escala MTA SNAPIV (escala para avaliação do TDAH de Swanson, Nonam e Pelhan versão IV). Antes e após o período de intervenção os participantes da pesquisa foram submetidos a uma avaliação baseada na Escala de Desenvolvimento Motor (EDM). A intervenção foi constituída por um programa de equoterapia denominado educação/reeducação, tendo sido composta por 24 sessões, com duração de 30 minutos, registradas sistematicamente por meio de filmagens e diário de campo. Os resultados foram analisados de forma quantitativa e qualitativa por meio do teste de Wilcoxon Pareado com p<0,05 em associação a uma análise descritiva da evolução dos praticantes. Por meio da análise dos resultados observou-se que o programa influenciou em todas habilidades motoras estudadas, sendo que aspectos psicomotores mais influenciados pelo programa de equoterapia, de acordo com a escala de desenvolvimento motor (EDM), foram, respectivamente, organização espacial, equilíbrio, motricidade fina e esquema corporal, sendo que a menor influência foi verificada na motricidade global e organização temporal. Visto que no pós-teste a idade motora geral foi estatisticamente significante, conclui-se que, de forma geral, que o programa de equoterapia foi efetivo para o desenvolvimento dos aspectos psicomotores de crianças com indicativos de TDAH.

The work deals with questions of infant swimming and determines how this motion activity influences motion development of child. The theoretical part describes the history of infant swimming, child´s psychomotor development which is significant for this activity and the characteristics of the field of infant swimming. The experimental part follows with a clarification of both elementary methodics and initial examination of all participating children aged three months in accordance with Vojta´s method. Enclosed video recording shows next part of the experiment - swimming in tub and swimming in pool. After nine months all children were examined in accordance with Vojta´s method again. The comparison of the experimental and control groups is shown in charts processed with non-parametrical statistical method. Literature states that swimming helps remove various imperfections and abnormalities in body posture. This work determines whether it is true.\\

Orientador: Sylvia Maria Ciasca / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T12:41:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arias_AmabileVessoni_D.pdf: 2463182 bytes, checksum: 7bd75ed7cf0763aa293cdd95b866730f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A restrição de crescimento intra-uterina (RCIU) tem sido associada à maior mortalidade perinatal e maior morbidade no neonatal e lactente. Todavia, persiste considerável controvérsia em relação ao desenvolvimento neuromotor, no que se refere ao desempenho inferior dos nascidos a termo pequenos para a idade gestacional (PIG). O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar e comparar o desenvolvimento das habilidades motoras finas de lactentes a termo PIG com a termo adequados para a idade gestacional (AIG) no 6º, 9º e 12º meses. Tratou-se de um estudo seccional e longitudinal. Foram selecionados 125 recémnascidos (RN) no Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher (CAISM) da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). A casuística foi composta por 95 lactentes que compareceram em pelo menos uma avaliação entre o 6º, 9º e 12º meses. Foram estudadas duas coortes de lactentes de acordo com a adequação peso/idade gestacional: grupo PIG, constituído por 33 lactentes com peso ao nascimento abaixo do percentil 10 e grupo AIG por 62 lactentes com peso entre o percentil 10 e 90 da curva de crescimento fetal de Battaglia e Lubchenco (1967). Foram incluídos: RN cujos pais ou responsável legal assinaram o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido, com idade gestacional entre 37 e 41 semanas, residentes na região metropolitana de Campinas, que permaneceram no alojamento conjunto, resultantes de gestação de feto único. Foram excluídos: RN com síndromes genéticas, malformações e infecções congênitas. Como instrumento de avaliação foram utilizadas as Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (1993). Na análise dos resultados para o perfil sócio-demográfico da família, foi evidenciado que no grupo PIG houve maior número de mães sem ocupação fora do lar e que tinham o hábito de fumar. No estudo seccional, o index score (IS) motor demonstrou diferença entre os grupos PIG e AIG no 6º e 12º meses de vida. Houve diferença significa entre os grupos na escala cognitiva para duas provas no 6º mês e uma prova no 9º mês. No estudo longitudinal, para o IS cognitivo houve diferença significativa apenas entre os meses avaliados, sendo que o 6º mês foi diferente do 9º e do 12º mês. Para o IS motor, observou-se diferença significativa entre os grupos PIG e AIG e entre os meses, sendo o 6º mês diferente dos demais. Para as provas avaliadas, não houve diferença entre os grupos, porém, entre os meses encontrou-se diferença significativa em 12 provas cognitivas e uma prova motora. Concluí-se que os lactentes nascidos a termo PIG estão sob maior risco para o desenvolvimento neuromotor atípico, em especial para as habilidades motoras finas, no 6º, 9º e 12º meses de vida / Abstract: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been associated with higher perinatal mortality and major morbidity in newborns and infants. However, there is still considerable controversy regarding the neuromotor development with reference to the inferior performance of term infants born small for gestational age (SGA). The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the fine motor skill development in term infants born SGA and term infants born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) on the 6th, 9th and 12th months of life. This was a cross-sectional and prospective study. One hundred and twenty-five fullterm newborns were selected at the Neonatology Service in the Center of Integral Attention to Women's Health (CAISM) of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP); however, only 95 infants comprised the sample, who attended at least one assessment among 6, 9 and 12 months. Two cohorts of infants were studied according to the adequacy of gestational age/weight: the SGA group comprised 33 infants with birthweight under the 10th percentile and the AGA group comprised 62 infants with birthweight between the 10th and 90th percentiles of fetal growth curves (Battaglia & Lubchenco, 1967). Inclusion criteria were: newborns whose parents or legal guardian signed a consent form, with gestational ages between 37 and 41 weeks, resident in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, who stayed in nursery, resulting of single fetus pregnancies. Exclusion criteria were: infants with genetic syndromes, malformations and congenital infections. Bayley Scales of Infant Development- II (1993) were used as evaluation tools. In the analysis of results for the family's sociodemographic profile, it was evidenced a great number of mothers in the SGA group with no occupation outside the home and who had the smoking habit. In the cross-sectional study, the motor index score (IS) showed differences between SGA and AGA groups at 6 and 12 months. There was a significant difference between groups in cognitive scale for two tests during the sixth month and one test during the 9th month. In the longitudinal study, there was a significant difference among the months for the cognitive IS, i.e. the 6th month was different from the 9th and the 12th months. Significant differences were found between SGA and AGA groups and among the months for the motor IS, i.e. the 6th month was different from others. There were no differences between groups for the tests; however, a significant difference was found among the months in 12 cognitive tests and one motor test. We concluded that term infants born SGA are at higher risk for atypical neuromotor development, particularly for fine motor skills at 6th, 9th and 12th months of life / Doutorado / Ciencias Biomedicas / Doutor em Ciências Médicas

Bibliographic Identification Name and surname of the author: Mgr. Jan Jirovec Name of dissertation: The level of influence of motor proficiency on the performance in the nonverbal aspect of intelligence in younger school-age children (6 - 11 years): A longitudinal study. Workplace: Department of Kinanthropology and Humanities Supervisor of the work: doc. PhDr. Martin Musálek, Ph.D Year of presentation: 2021 Abstract Motor development in children is often linked to the development of cognitive or executive functions. Nevertheless, it still remains unclear how much the level of children's motor proficiency can impact the level of nonverbal intelligence, which is an important part of academic achievement of children. Objectives: The aim of the dissertation thesis is to determine the level of influence and its stability in time between the level of motor proficiency and the performance in the nonverbal aspect of intelligence in younger school-age children with age (categories: 6 - 7 years, 8 - 9 years and 10 -11 years) and sex being considered. Methods: The research sample consisted of 396 children (n=214 girls, n=182 boys) aged 6 - 11 years (age 8,9±1.3) from two elementary schools (Karlovy Vary Region, Prague). The children were divided into 3 groups by age: 6 - 7 years, 8 - 9 years, 10 - 11 years. The...