Perfil comunicativo de crianças com alterações de linguagem

Abstract

Objective: To trace the communicative profile of the children between three and five years old who have as main complaint delay in the language, identify the development process that the child is in, and describe the main characteristics of the expressive language. Methods: The sample was consisted by 14 children (10 boys and 4 girls). The evaluation instrument used was the Protocol for Observation of the Cognitive and Expressive Language Development (PODCLE). The evaluations were performed individually with video recordings, and it lasted, on average, from 25 minutes for further transcription and analysis. Results: The most of the children presented inadequate linguistic cognitive development according to the expected stage for the age, obtaining as main characteristics of the expressive language the imitation of gestures and representations, accompanied by some vocalizations. Conclusion: With this study it was realized that the children are delayed to the age inserted between the firsts stages of the sensory motor period. They obtained an inadequate cognitive development, resulting in a greater delay to acquire the expressive language, and the protocol was considered adequate to identify children who have developmental delays and relate to the presented difficulties.