Games to work on basic motor skills in schoolchildren with autism

Abstract

The insufficient performance of games as a way to work on basic motor skills in schoolchildren with autism is one of the problems detected in the diagnosis made to the schoolchildren of the Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado special school in the municipality of Holguín. During a consultation of the bibliography on this topic, it was found that in the first cycle program there are insufficient games to work on basic motor skills, in addition, space-time orientation, coordination and postural control are limited. To solve this problem, games were they applied to work on basic motor skills in schoolchildren with autism. For this, theoretical level methods were used such as: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, historical-logical and empirical level methods such as: observation and interview. The sample used was basedy schoolchildren with autism is. The main results of the research affirm that the proposal of games shows the need for application in these schoolchildren, in addition, they constitute valuable reference material for researchers or other people interested in the subject.