Comunicação não verbal em deficientes intelectuais: desafios e possibilidades do atendimento psicológico.

Abstract

The intellectual disability can be characterized by deficits in mental abilities, one of them is memorizing, which affects the speech learning process. This article aims to report the process involving psychological care of non verbal persons with intellectual disabitities. The methodology used was “experience report”, with a descriptive character, taking into account the concepts of logotherapeutic approach and psychomotricity. Art, memory and attention games were fundamental tools to carry out the service care, since speech was not a possible resource. In this way, making it possible to contribute from the theoretical and practical scope to the possibilities of the psychologist's performance in this work field.