Núm. 36 (2023) julio-diciembre

The objective of this field work was to describe and analyze the verbal performance with ineffective motor behaviors or motor patterns in a group of children attending schools of pedagogical risk, in the southern zone of the province of Buenos Aires with the subsequent purpose of cognitive stimulation and strengthening programs. motor. The design was descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional. The selection of the sample was intentional, not probabilistic; it was composed of 507 children between 4 and 7 years of age from four public schools in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from the Initial and Primary levels. The intellectual level, the types of gait and the achievements obtained according to age and sex were studied. The results showed that the degree of difficulty in the jumping and balance tests exceeded 50%, being 79% at the age of 7 years. Existing also at this age, primacy of motor clumsiness. In general, the intellectual level detected was borderline normal and slow, and few expected linguistic achievements for age. In summary, there would be a relationship between motor clumsiness, motor development and intellectual level. The results obtained require the implementation of cognitive and motor stimulation programs.