Avaliação cognitiva de pré-escolares

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the status of the neuropsychological evaluation of children in Brazil and the reality of diagnostic tools for the cognitive ability of preschool children. Methodology: This is an integrative review of the scientific publica- tions related to the cognitive evaluation of children and cognition tests for the same public. The question of the research delimited was: What tools used in the diagnosis of cognitive ability in the preschool stage? The search was carried out from May to July 2018, in the Capes Periodicals Portal database, using in the first search the descriptors “infant”, “test” and “cognition”, and in the second search, “executive function”, “preschoolers” and “evaluation”. Were found 26 articles. Results: We found some neuropsychological evaluation tests of children in our country, but only one study of translation and adaptation to Portuguese and four validation studies for Brazil, only one of them for the pre-school subgroup, the standardization of the Scale of Columbia Mental Maturity (EMMC). Conclusion: There is a reality of a shortage of instruments for neuropsychological evaluation of children in Brazil, more evident when it comes to early childhood