La Implementación de la estimulación multisensorial para la motricidad fina en el Síndrome de Down

Abstract

The current investigation was carried out with the purpose of improving fine motor skills in children, girls with Down Syndrome between 4 to 9 years of age, in order to improve their daily activities such as dressing and undressing, taking kitchen utensils to feeding, brushing teeth, combing, taking different colors for painting among others; obtaining an acceptable range of functional independence. In a sample of 12 boys and girls with Down Syndrome, who attend the Ambato Specialized Educational Unit, the need to refine fine motor skills through the application of Multisensory Stimulation was analyzed. During the initial evaluation, the Denver II Test, the Gesell Test of Geometric Figures, the Goddard Test and the Fine Motor Calculation were applied to obtain the real age of fine motor skills of the participants, later the execution of the Multisensory Stimulation in the different Snoezelen Rooms with their respective activities, finally a final evaluation was carried out applying all the aforementioned tests. An improvement in fine motor skills was observed after the application of Multisensory Stimulation and the different activities carried out within the Snoezelen Rooms (dark room and white room), proving that the intervention does improve fine motor skills in Down Syndrome, achieving that boys/girls have a superior grip on their thenar clamp, facilitating different daily activities.