The importance of Early Care from 0 to 6 years old is ineffable, the brain of a newborn baby has 30 to 60 percent more neurons than that of an adult. Furthermore, the synopses (neuronal connections) are more abundant and reach their maximum density in the first 15 months of life, which is why it is essential to take advantage of this period to promote their stimulation.
Early Care (AT) is the set of actions aimed at children aged 0 to 6 years with developmental disorders (motor, cognitive, sensory, communicative, emotional...) or at risk of suffering from them, their family and their environment. The objective is to respond as soon as possible to the transitory or permanent needs that the child presents to facilitate their evolution in all facets, respecting their own rhythm and basing the intervention on both scientific principles and relational, recreational and functional aspects.
Another fundamental objective of the intervention is to ensure that the family knows and understands the reality of their child, their abilities and limitations, acting as an agent that enhances the child's development, adapting their environment to their physical, mental and social needs, ensuring their well-being. and facilitating their social integration.
OBJECTIVES
The intervention is aimed at children who present disorders in their development and must begin at the moment when the existence of a deviation in their development is detected. The intervention must be planned on a global and interdisciplinary basis, considering the child's abilities and difficulties in the different areas of development, his or her history and evolutionary process, as well as the possibilities and needs of other family members and the resources of that is available and the knowledge and action on the social environment.
(Grupo de Atención Temprana. (2.000). Libro Blanco de la Atención Temprana. Edita: Real Patronato de Prevención y Atención a Personas con Minusvalía.)
Cristina Oroz Bajo
