A finales de septiembre, comencé en un nuevo caso. Se trata de un niño de 7 años que presenta un retraso mental ligero y rasgos de autismo. El niño pasó los primeros cinco años de su vida sin comunicarse verbalmente, dedicándose principalmente a ver television y jugar videojuegos. Su única socialización se limitaba a interacciones con sus padres y hermanos mayores, quienes lo visitaban ocasionalmente.

At the end of September, I started on a new case. This is a 7 year old boy with mild mental retardation and features of autism. He spent the first five years of his life not communicating verbally, mainly watching television and playing video games. His only socialization was limited to interactions with his parents and older siblings, who visited him occasionally.

La situación económica de sus padres es favorable, pero nunca se preocuparon por invertir en la estimulacion del desarrollo de su hijo. Según la mamá, nunca supo a quién acudir para recibir orientación profesional, lo que llevó a que, a los cinco años, el niño fuera incluido en un programa de educación especial.

His parents' economic situation is favorable, but they never bothered to invest in stimulating their son's development. According to the mother, she never knew who to turn to for professional guidance, which led to the child being placed in a special education program at the age of five.

Cuando comencé a trabajar con él, observé que su mirada era lateral, mostraba irritabilidad y se tapaba los oídos, además de no aceptar el contacto físico con extraños Saludos y bendecida semana para todos, incluyéndome. Presenta dislalia y tartamudeo, lo que complicaba aún más su comunicación.

When I started working with him, I noticed that his gaze was sideways, he showed irritability and covered his ears, in addition to not accepting physical contact with strangers. He has dyslalia and stuttering, which further complicated his communication.

En estos tres meses de trabajo, con sesiones dos veces por semana, he notado avances significativos. Ahora, ya logra mirarme defrente y ha disminuido la frecuencia con la que se tapa los oídos. Hemos establecido contacto físico con las manos, aunque los gritos, risas ilológicas, a menudo fuera de contexto, persisten. Su inseguridad se hace evidente, especialmente, a la hora de trabajar en su cuaderno, particularmente al tomar dictado y leer. Sin embargo, en las matemáticas, se muestra más seguro y entusiasta, le gusta y le atraen más, llegando a resolver los ejercicios por sí solo.

In these three months of work, with sessions twice a week, I have noticed significant progress. He is now able to look at me from the front and the frequency with which he covers his ears has decreased. We have established physical contact with hands, although the shouting, illogical laughter, often out of context, persists. His insecurity is especially evident when working in his notebook, particularly when taking dictation and reading. However, in mathematics, he is more confident and enthusiastic, likes it and is more attracted to it, even solving the exercises on his own.

Algo positivo es que ha comenzando a adquirir algunos modales de conducta como saludar, ya sea verbalmente o físicamente, y presta atención cuando se le habla. Ha disminuido el tartamudeo y ha mejorado la pronunciación de algunos sonidos que antes no podía articular. Aunque al comenzar cada actividad se sigue mostrando inseguro, he notado que establecer una conversacion sobre el tema de estudio, presentándolo de manera atractiva y didáctica, contribuye a mejorar su confianza.

On a positive note, he has begun to acquire some behavioral manners such as greeting, either verbally or physically, and he pays attention when spoken to. His stuttering has decreased and he has improved the pronunciation of some sounds that he could not articulate before. Although at the beginning of each activity he is still insecure, I have noticed that establishing a conversation about the topic of study, presenting it in an attractive and didactic way, contributes to improve his confidence.

A pesar de estos avances, persisten problemas de comprensión, debido al poco tiempo que se le dedica a su estimulación en la casa y a las pocas vivencias que ha tenido. Actualmente, mi equipo de trabajo, está inmerso en que logre escribir por sí solo y ya se observa en algunas ocasiones que lo consigue.

In spite of these advances, comprehension problems persist, due to the little time dedicated to his stimulation at home and the few experiences he has had. Currently, my work team is immersed in getting him to write on his own, and we have already observed that he has been able to do so on some occasions.

De forma general su conducta es variable; hay momentos que está tranquilo y otros momentos en que está inquieto. Hemos proporcionado varias orientaciones a los padres, pero los resultados son muy limitados.

In general, his behavior is variable; there are times when he is calm and other times when he is restless. We have provided several orientations to the parents, but the results are very limited.

El enfoque diferencial que estamos implementando, busca que, a medida que el niño recupere algunas normas y mejore su conducta, su capacidad intelectual mejorará porque prestará más atención y efectividad en su aprendizaje, así como un incremento de su seguridad y motivación para trabajar y comprender el contenido.

The differential approach we are implementing seeks that, as the child recovers some norms and improves his behavior, his intellectual capacity will improve because he will pay more attention and effectiveness in his learning, as well as an increase in his security and motivation to work and understand the content.

La imagen fue tomada por mí y editada en Canva. Traduje al inglés mediante el traductor deepl.

The image was taken by me and edited in Canva. Translate to English using the deepl translator.

Un artículo relacionado a este tema y que pueden leer es el siguiente: https://www.learninga-z.com/site/company/what-we-do/differentiated-instruction#:~:text=What%20Is%20Differentiated%20Instruction%20and,and%20helps%20teachers%20personalize%20learning.

An article related to this topic that you can read is the following: https://www.learninga-z.com/site/company/what-we-do/differentiated-instruction#:~:text=What%20Is%20Differentiated%20Instruction%20and,and%20helps%20teachers%20personalize%20learning.