Fine motor, sensory and perceptive function of students with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.

Purpose: To characterize and compare the fine motor, sensory and perceptive functions of students with Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD) and students with good academic performance, without behavior alteration.

Methods: Participants were 22 male students from Elementary School distributed into: GI - 11 children with ADHD; and GII - 11 students with good academic performance and no behavior alteration. Students were submitted to the Protocol for Evaluation of Fine Motor, Sensory and Perceptual Function, and to the Dysgraphia Scale.

[Phonological awareness, working memory, reading and writing performances in familial dyslexia].

Background: familial dyslexia.

Aim: to characterize and compare the phonological awareness, working memory, reading and writing abilities of individuals whose family members are also affected.

Method: in this study 10 familial nuclei of natural family relationship of individuals with dyslexia were analyzed.