O protagonismo na infância: participação no cotidiano de crianças com atraso no desenvolvimento

Abstract

This research discusses the prontagonism as an involvement in daily activities of children with child-development delay. Itsmain objective is to research about protagonismand participation of children with child-development delay to understand how the child-caretaker relation establishes itself on a daily basis and to investigate what the possible obstacles are for the participation of children in daily activities. This study has a qualitative feature and was made using methods such as the semi structuredinterview, which was used with 9 caretakers of children treated byprofessionals of the Rehabilitation Specialized Center II of Taguatinga-DF. It was verified that the caretakers demonstratedin majority commitment to make participation as an opportunity andto recognize the children as the leadingroles on daily activities. However, issuesrelated to developmental delay were identified as barriers to children's performance and involvement in daily activities such as communication, emotional aspects and social interaction.