Noción de la Palabra Escrita y Noción Gramatical de la Oración Escrita en Ni？os con Antecedente de Encefalopatía Perinatal

the objective of this research project was to describe the notion of the written word and the grammatical notion of the written sentence in 28 children between the ages of 4 and 8, who suffered hypoxic ischemic, hyperbilirubinemic, or mixed encephalopathy during the perinatal period. for that purpose, the monterrey and the terman merrill instruments were administered, and the neuropsychological sequelae were documented. 75% of the children showed slight cognitive sequelae; 82% were at the expected level for their age regarding the notions evaluated; and of the 18% of the children with reading delays, four had a history of mixed encephalopathy and one of hyperbilirubinemia. the study discusses the levels of conceptualization regarding reading and writing, and their relation to biological and social variables.