Desempenho psicomotor de crianças pré-escolares

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the psychomotor performance of 5 years old preschool children using a validated scale. Methods: Prospective and observational study that used a deductive approach with descriptive and statistical procedures, which performed a psychomotor evaluation in 30 children who are enrolled in a Reference Center for Early Childhood Education (CREI) in Joao Pessoa - PB in 2011 using an adapted and validated development scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0 software. Results: It has been observed in the acquisition areas that the evaluated children have reached 21 (89.4%) in a score of 24 for motor skills, 10 (84.7%) in a score of 12 for socio-emotional development, 16 (75.3%) in a score of 21 for visual-motor skills and 11 (71.3%) in a score of 15 for hearing and speaking skills, featuring the most affected area of psychomotor development. Conclusion: This study have shown deficits in all evaluated psychomotor perspectives, indicating an unsatisfactory psychomotor development regarding the age, highlighting the difficulties in the acquisition of hearing and speaking skills, in the defined lateralization exercises and in the performance of socialization activities. doi: 10.5020/18061230.2014.p439