Aplicación de un programa de educación psicomotriz en un caso con síndrome de Down

It has been shown that movement is the foundation of physical and psychological maturity in humans, hence the importance of acquiring a good psychomotor development. Research has confirmed that psychomotor development in individuals with Down syndrome is much slower than in typically developing children. The aim of this study is to show how psychomotor practice, through the implementation of a programme of psychomotor intervention, improves the level of body structuring and phonological skills of this population. The intervention programme is applied to a male subject with Down syndrome, aged 11.9 years. The assessment consists of a set of standardized and non-standardized tests administered to the child at the beginning and the end of the intervention programme. The intervention consists of 10 40 min sessions, based on activities of spatial structure, temporal structure and articulatory skills. Our results confirmed that a psychomotor intervention programme helped in this case to develop and improve those psychomotor skills that are lagging and which provide support to improve his social communication and interaction.