Changes in the somatagnosis of children with developmental disharmony who have undergone psychomotor therapy by means of the Procus and Block method
Journal Title: Rehabilitacja Medyczna - Year 2010, Vol 14, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: For many years somatagnosis has been a subject of interest for researchers as well as the topic of numerous academic reports. Somatagnostic disturbances have their permanent consequences in a child’s development, hence the question as to the correct neuro-paediatric diagnosis and effective therapy in the eradication of problems of developmental disharmony within the scheme and image of the body, temporal-spatial organisation and lateralization. Initially used in Belgium and subsequently in Poland, psychomotor therapy according to the model of Procus and Block bases itself on neurophysiological knowledge and psycho-pedagogy. The results of the research conducted from 2002 to 2004 presented in this article are the first analysis of the therapeutic process which the children participating in the described therapy underwent. Aim: The checking of what changes within the scope of somatagnosis occur in children with developmental disharmony who have undergone psychomotor therapy according to Procus and Block, in which age and within which range of symptoms the greatest changes are affirmed. Materials and methods: Observational study on a series of cases were conducted on a group of 109 children aged from 3 to 12 years. Diagnosis of developmental disharmony as well as the changes in the scope of somatagnosis were assessed on the basis of original neuropediatric tests according to Kułakowska. Therapy according to Procus and Block was applied during the course of 30 task sessions. Results: Improvement was observed in all the test groups and in all the aspects of somatagnosis tested.Conclusion: Psychomotor therapy according to Procus and Block may, even in a short period of application, have a significant influence on the treatment of somatagnosis disturbances in children with developmental disharmony. For the verification of this claim it is imperative for tests to be conducted with a control group.
Authors and Affiliations
Zofia Kułakowska, Katarzyna Szamotulska, Bożena Zychowicz, Jolanta Gnitecka
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