Design e inclusão durante pandemia de Covid19: relação entre cuidador e artefatos para estimulação em ambiente domiciliar de crianças com atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor.

Abstract

A delay in psychomotor development is described as a series of postural and movement disorders that limit the affected child. It belongs to a group of nonprogressive disorders resulting from damage to the maturing brain and is divided into 5 levels depending on the impairment of each individual. As a result, caregivers of these children take them to treatment centers. However, the declaration of the SARSCOV2 pandemic on March 11, 2020, resulted in the suspension of facetoface care and the adoption of telemonitoring, based on COFFITO Resolution No. 516/2020. As such, the caregiver acts as an intermediary in the relationship between the stimulation activities and the child when performing the activities at home. They are supported by remote multidisciplinary consultations that enable the interaction between the caregiver, environment and objects, or by the prior sending of guidelines with instructions for performance of the activities. The aim of the study is to evaluate the relationship developed between the caregiver of children with a delay in psychomotor development and the objects used in the stimulation process in the home environment. The methodology used is characterized as an exploratorydescriptive approach, divided into 3 stages, with a sample composed of 5 rehabilitation professionals and 15 caregivers. It follows ethical principles during the planned stages of the research, requiring control over behavioral events. The results of the study point to the importance of including the caregiver's experience during the design and manufacture of objects aimed at stimulation. This considers that a product should not meet the user's needs to the detriment of the physical and emotional wellbeing of the caregiver responsible for mediation between the user and the equipment.