THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE AND PERSONAL-SOCIAL SKILLS
IN NURSERIES / PRE-SCHOOLS: a study of cohort*)
Vivian César Beteli**
Magda Andrade Rezende ***
* This project is the continuation of another one was executed from February 2001 to January 2002 through financing by FAPESP (scientific grant initiation number 00/11890-7)
** Student attending the graduation course of Nursing at the EEUSP School of Nursing.. Scholarship Student PIBIC/CNPq/ USP (2002-3). Member of the research group of "Health in Child Day Care Centers and Child Health" Registered in the Directory of Research Groups of the CNPq version 5.0
*** Supervisor of the research. Professor in the area of child health at EEUSP, Coordinator of the research group "Health Child Day Care Centers and Child Health ". Registered in the Directory of Research Groups of the CNPq version 5.0
I n t r o d u c t i o n a n d j u s t i f i c a t i o n : t h e child h a s to have good c a r i n g and educational conditions if its development is to be adequate. This m e a n s t h a t i n s t i t u t i o n s for child education (nurseries and pre-schools) m u s t also be involved in t h e supervision and a d v a n c e m e n t to t h e development. The situation of children looked after in n u r s e r i e s / pre-schools is especially i m p o r t a n t since t h e y stay t h e r e d u r i n g most of t h e i r first childhood: 12.500 h. over a 5-year period considering an estimated 50 weeks of 50 h o u r s e a c h .O b j e c t i v e : E v a l u a t e annually t h e development of t h e language and personal-social areas of t h e children a t t e n d i n g n u r s e r i e s with good-quality a t t e n d a n c e .M e t h o d o l o g y : study of cohort to be u n d e r t a k e n in t h r e e n u r s e r i e s located in t h e city of São Paulo, in which t h e same a s s e s s m e n t had been m a d e in 2001. T h e group had been formed with 33 children from 0 to 36 m o n t h s who fulfilled t h e general r e q u i r e m e n t s of having a known gestational age, with no congenital malformations, nor being foreigners (due to language evaluation). For t h e children's' evaluation, t h e Denver II t e s t was a n d will continue being used. This i n s t r u m e n t is b e i n g considered a d e q u a t e for t h e identification of even t h e slightest development problems. T h e d a t a analysis shall be m a d e by non-parametrical methods
E t h i c a l C a r e : t h e project h a s a l r e a d y been analyzed a n d approved b y t h e E E U S P E t h i c s Committee and w r i t t e n agreement obtained from t h e n u r s e r i e s in which t h e research shall be made. S c h e d u l e : T h e foreseen deadline for t e r m i n a t i o n is J u l y 2003.
