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The purpose of this study was to present the results of the habits acquisition in a group of children in a pre-school setting and to evaluate the teaching of procedural actions that promote  es in the children’s participation and performance. Methodology: A descriptive, sequential research was held. The procedural skills of the children were recorded through non-participant quantitative observation. Focal groups with teachers were made to identify their knowledge, per- ceptions, practices and needs in procedural actions teaching. Finally, workshops were developed for promoting sequential activities to allow children to acquire habits that are necessary for daily activities. Results: Caregivers and teachers need to be trained on the preschool children’s process of acquiring habits because of their vital importance in their future development. The workshops supported children and teachers in the process of learning / teaching sequential activities. Conclu- sions: Learning how to structure habits through the execution of sequential activities is necessary to perform of daily activities. Deficiency in this area risks the subsequent task’s development and performance. Interdisciplinnary workshops to establish procedural skills promote the identification and reduction of this risk.

The purpose of the research was to gather the available evidence about the disabling factors of dysphagia, addressing the pathological signs from a social aspect and defining which of those factors generated from dysphagia are obstacles to social performance. The searching methods obeyed a Cochrane systematic review, which aims a chronological structuring of information and scientific evidence around a specific topic, considering established eligibility criteria. The searching process was made through English descriptors: Quality of life; Social; Dysphagia; Impact. It is important to emphasize that 54.5% of the studies included in the review used the survey Quality of life in swallowing disorders (SWAL-QOL) as an instrument of inquiry about the relationship between quality of life and dysphagia. Results show the interference of dysphagia in social aspects of the subject, however it can be concluded according to the factors found that this interference will depend on aspects of comorbidity, age and the therapeutic procedure in place. Projecting the human being as a social, emotional and biological entity, from a functional perspective and basing the analysis on the definition of dysphagia, the study allows conceptualizing it as a disabling condition for the individual. The systematic review shows the necessity of an interdisciplinary work with Psychology to face the possible repercussions on the person’s mental state, his desire to live and the strengthening of the psyche and the emotional intelligence.

The handling and access that deaf students have to the written code has generated interest around the world during the last few years; nevertheless, the amount of researches that study deaf people’s attitudes towards writing in our context are very few. These attitudes are some of the most influential factors in the composition process of a written text. Therefore, this research’s objective was oriented to determine the attitudes towards the writing process of young deaf of 10th and 11th grades, from public and private institutions in the cities of Barranquilla and Soledad (Atlántico – Colombia). in 2015. The study was descriptive and transversal. An identification sheet was applied to collect the data. And Salvador Mata’s (1997) translation of the Harris and Graham (1992) scale of attitude towards writing was applied. The results of the research process are coherent with international studies. It was determined that the process of written composition generates doubt in deaf students, mainly when their writings are performed without assistance. In general terms, deaf students consider writing as an important but complex task with low practical value. This idea may arise from the few enriching experiences that deaf people have in their scholar, familiar and social environment while they are learning Spanish as a second language.

Este documento da cuenta de los resúmenes de las ponencias presentadas en elV Encuentro: La ECR Investiga, realizado anualmente por el Grupo de Investigación Capacidades Humanas, Salud e Inclusión – CHSI, y del IX Congreso Internacional Rompiendo Límites: Construyendo capacidades para el buen vivir, llevado también a cabo anualmente por el aliado para el 2016, la Fundación Misioneros de la Divina Redención FUMDIR, entidad que brinda atención especialmente a las personas con discapacidad a través de capacitación, rehabilitación integral, formación e inserción familiar, social y productiva para el ejercicio de los derechos y deberes. Los eventos fueron realizados de manera conjunta en la ciudad de Bogotá, los días 27 y 28 de octubre de 2016.

This review sought to identify the evolution of the physiotherapeutic evaluation concept since its official publication in the first version of the physiotherapeutic practice guide in 1999 and the elements of the evaluation that frame a differential factor in neurorehabilitation. The data collection was done through a bibliographic review, where the evaluation was identified as a process of analysis in international referents as well as a key step that comes after the examination and before the formulation of the physiotherapeutic diagnosis. The evaluation process has evolved from decision making based on clinical data to phenomenological analysis of the movement. Evaluation occurs at the beginning of the assistance and continues throughout the assistance process to determine individual response to interventions and progress toward identified outcomes. The evaluation concept is broadened only by ratifying its importance, but it does not focus on the process itself. The evaluation process is not reported explicitly in the literature. Nevertheless, it was conceived as the interpretation process performed by physiotherapists using the conclusions made from analyzing the elements of the human movement system, especially those related to the modulating element and to specific neurorehabilitation areas. Evaluation and assessment are synonyms, the subtle but significant difference between them is that evaluation should not be left in the judgment process, it should advance up to the decision making. The evaluation in interdisciplinary neurorehabilitation interventions is a point of meeting and differentiation that allows an integral approach to patients, with emphasis on motor learning considering the patient’s context.

The objective of the research was to determine the effect of an intervention program on functional articulatory processes in schoolchildren aged 6 to 8 years. The methodology was framed under a quasi-experimental type with pre and posttest, to a population of 24 students with functional dyslalia, selected through a simple random sampling; 12 formed the experimental group and the remaining 12 were in the control group with a mean age of 6 years 6 months. The intervention program was implemented to the experimental group based on the phonetic model for three months and after the end of the treatment the posttest was applied. The data obtained were tabulated with the SPSS software version 15.0., The association among variables was verified with non-parametric tests; For the qualitative the chi-square test, for two related samples test of the signs and for two independent samples the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, with a probability significance of <.05. The findings showed an improvement in the intervention group, since the leads showed bilateral significance in the experimental group, in the pre and posttest, as the children in the experimental group overcame the articulatory errors. There was a difference between the samples; therefore, there were highly significant associations between the control group and the experimental group in the posttest, as well as the reciprocal relationship between the lingual functionality and the type of functional dyslalia. We conclude that with the implementation of the intervention program the articulatory errors decrease.

Cuando Yolanda Oreamuno publica este relato en el Repertorio Americano, en septiembre de 1944, los viajes comerciales todavía representaban una experiencia minoritaria para la mayor parte de la población mundial y, particularmente, para la Costa Rica rural del momento. La voz enunciativa de “Pasajeros al norte” ofrece un ejercicio de comprensión, entre psicológico y microsociológico, de una experiencia novedosa, el avión, medio de transporte que trastoca las coordenadas espacio-temporales, incentiva la mirada panorámica hacia la superficie terrestre eimpone relaciones distantes –y su posible anulación- entre los pasajeros. 

Los congestionamientos vehiculares, llamados en Costa Rica presas, son motivo de impaciencia y frustración para quienes estén detenidos en ellos, aunque, también, pueden sacar lo mejor del ser humano que espera. Este artículo presenta la lectura de dos cuentos cuyos personajes están en un congestionamiento vial: “Luz verde: mujer lejana” de Fernando Contreras y “Cerdo” de Daniela Maestres. Las dos historias son leídas desde los conceptos de ideología y sus estrategias, propuesto por Terry Eagleton (2005), y el concepto de “Norma” de Michel Foucault (2005). La situación en la cual los personajes de cada cuento están atrapados los hace meditar sobre su propia vida, sin embargo, terminan actuando de acuerdo con lo esperado que hagan.

Con base en el concepto foucaultiano de biopolítica, este artículo analiza el cuento “Un regalo” de Yolanda Oremuno. En este relato se presenta la historia de un enfrentamiento no verbal entre un sujeto nacional y un extranjero. Desde la semiótica del miedo, se analiza cómo se construye esta mirada del prejuicio. El cuerpo del extranjero es representado como un monstruo raro, como un riesgo de contagio frente al asombro y rechazo del local. Finalmente, se prueba que en esta dinámica se genera la paradoja del biopoder, pues el cuerpo que rechaza es al final de cuentas el que más padece lo monstruoso.