title: [Description of the neuropsychomotor and visual development of visually impaired children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the neuropsychomotor and visual development of visually impaired children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourty-five children of both genders were evaluated in a 6-months period. The children were distributed into two study groups: experimental and control. The neuropsychomotor development and visual efficiency were evaluated in the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the control group, 86.66% of the sample was inappropriate on the coordination behavior, however, all aspects were considered inadequate. The differences among the groups were significant, since p values<0.05 were evidenced in the visual efficiency behavior as well as in the neuropsychomotor development.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was observed in the studied sample that the visually impaired were characterized by a global delay in the neuropsychomotor development, mostly in the coordination behavior.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brasil. telmadeas@gmail.com
authors.forename: Telma de Araujo
authors.initials: Tde A
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Vivian Estevam de
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Marcia Caires Bestilleiro
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Silvia Prado Smit
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kitadai
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*