Neuropsychological evaluation: comparative stydy of children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy and learning disorders

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Neuropsychological evaluation: comparative stydy of children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy and learning disorders (Abstract)^*. Thesis. Campinas, 2002.

Maria de Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim^**

The aim of this piece of study was the set up and the analysis of data related to the neuropsychological evaluation of children from seven to twelve years old, boys or girls, from average to below-average socio-economical level, from regular and specialized public schools from Bauru and Campinas.

This study has analyzed the relation between the learning process of children with neurological damages like mental paralysis in the hemiparethic convulsive way, with or without mental deficiency and in children without neurological deficiency but with learning problems report, having a controlling group formed by children without learning and development report.

Eighty-five children formed four distinct categories: Group I (PC/SDM), Group II (PC/CDM), Group III (N/CDA) and Group IV (N/SDM). The evaluation procedures consisted of standardized tests of mental pedagogical and visual-moving level, neuropsychological test, questionnaires to the child and to the teacher and a complimentary exam of neuro-image.

The data were analyzed statistically and compared from the literature view, considering their implications in the concept, classification and reference to the learning disturbances.

Key words: neuropsychology, psychological evaluation, learning disorders, cerebral palsy.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  28 Apr 2004
• Date of issue
  Mar 2004