Programa diversificado de expresión corporal para desarrollar la comunicación no verbal en niños de 4 a 6 años con discapacidad intelectual de la Unidad Educativa Especializada Manuela Espejo.

Abstract

The present work of Curricular Integration is approached from an inclusive education for the attention to diversity, executed from the pre-professional practices of the Specialized Educational Unit Manuela Espejo, morning session, corresponding to the educational level of pre-school and high school, emphasizing that these are together. Therefore, a qualitative study was carried out which involved the observation of six boys and one girl with different individual characteristics, therefore, with the observation guide, interviews and the documentary records revealed the difficulty of expressing certain emotions in a direct way; frustration, anger, without movement of the muscles of the face, also, without showing their likes and preferences with gestural or body mimicry, maintaining a posture with head down and a slight coordination between the motor and visual apparatus. The study identified the need to create a diversified program of corporal expression to develop nonverbal communication in children from 4 to 6 years old. This proposal was evaluated by experts in the different areas involved in the program who offered recommendations for its improvement. In conclusion, the development of nonverbal communication is emphasized as a starting point in the autonomous and independent development of the student in the coming years.