Chess: contributions for people with Down Syndrome

Abstract

The article presents fundamentally the knowledge of the different contributions of teaching, play and artistic therapies to develop the cognitive and socio-affective area in people with down syndrome, conceiving that chess known as game science, is a pedagogical tool of the first order for the intellectual strengthening, besides being a socializing agent. Due to, the proposal of activities through the game of chess with puppets, plastic arts and dramatizations as a strategy to make the inclusion of subjects with intellectual disabilities in any of its forms, is part of the following problem; people with intellectual disabilities have different limitations, one of the most significant is the lack of didactic resources as it refers to metal development, the same that directly affects the social and emotional sphere, thus trying to contribute to the treatment and effectiveness of good living in people with genetic disorder, specifically with down syndrome, using the game as a didactic resource, as well as being an alternative for social reintegration and a therapeutic strategy, which includes several disciplines that suit people with disabilities of any kind, for this it is necessary that it is elaborated from an adaptive approach to the needs presented by the users, providing different resources that facilitate the development of the teaching-learning process. Finally, after having consulted the specialized bibliography, it is inferred that the use of play therapies is substantial in the teaching-learning process of individuals with cognitive disabilities.