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Caracterización neuropsicológica en niños con diagnóstico de trastorno específico de aprendizaje en Cali, Colombia

Translated title of the contribution: Neuropsychological characteristics of children with specific learning disorders from Cali, Colombia

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare the cognitive functions of children with a background of Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) with a control group (CG) in private schools in the city of Cali, Colombia. The sample consisted of 37 subjects with SLD and 28 subjects in the control group (CG), from medium-high socioeconomic status. The mean age was 9 years old, and the average level of education was 4th grade. The instruments used for selecting the groups were the Learning Difficulties Questionnaire (CEPA), subscales of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children WISC-R, and subscales of reading, writing and arithmetic of the Batería de Evaluación Neuropsicológica Infantil (ENI) [Child neuropsychological assessment battery]. Cognitive functions were assessed with subscales of the ENI. The results show statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) between the medians of cognitive functions of attention, memory (codification and evocation), language comprehension, constructional abilities, spatial and executive functions. In conclusion, children with SLD have underlying neuropsychological alterations that interfere with the performance of homework. Usually, interventions are made in reading, writing and arithmetic and not in their prerequisites, therefore, the results suggest that the intervention should be directed to the stimulation of cognitive processes involved and not the specific symptom.

Translated title of the contributionNeuropsychological characteristics of children with specific learning disorders from Cali, Colombia
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)67
Number of pages90
JournalPsicología desde el Caribe
Volume30
Issue number1
StatePublished - 01 May 2013

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