EVALUATION OF THE COGNITIVE PROFILE AND BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN FROM A CARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

This article describes an investigation that is on a scale of assessment of learning potential applies to 32 preschool children with Down syndrome and 32 with specific language impairment. The goal of this study was to examine whether the cognitive profile of the groups can be improved through a methodology as is the learning potential. The results showed that there were no significant differences in the situation pretest between both groups for the majority of the subscales, and with regard to the second objective is noted that there were differences between score postest and pretest between both groups, as well as in the second group where all the differences were significant except for classification and auditory memory.