Cátia Belém - Psychomotor Therapy and Psychopedagogical Support

Cátia Belém

Higher Special Education and Rehabilitation Technician

  • Specialized intervention.
  • Evaluation of psychomotor development.
  • Intervention in different areas of psychomotor development.
  • Training for parents, educators, teachers and other technicians.
  • Workshops.

Academic certification

  • Year of 1997 to year of 2002::
    Degree in Special Education and Rehabilitation by the Human Motricity Faculty - Technical University of Lisbon.
  • Since the year 2007:
    Continuous and specific training of the Differences Network (Child Development Center Differences).

Appointments and treatment

  • Support in the district of Aveiro and on the Municipality of Gaia.
  • Possibility of support at home and in schools.
  • Possibility of establishing protocols with colleges.

Professional:
Cátia Belém

Professional activity:
Health, wellness and wellbeing.

Official designation:
Higher Education Specialist and Rehabilitation Technician.

Appointments schedule:
Prior booking.

Education and rehabilitation

  • Disorder of hyperactivity and attention deficit.
  • Difficulties in acquiring academic prerequisites.
  • Difficulties in the acquisition of school learning.
  • Dyslexia, dysortography and dyscalculia.
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • Perturbations of language acquisition.
  • Disturbance of motor coordination.
  • Trisomy 21.
  • X-Fragile Syndrome.
  • Other cognitive deficits.

Evaluation and Intervention in Psychomotor Development Areas

  • Early intervention.
  • Psychopedagogical evaluation (reading, writing and calculation).
  • Functional evaluation of developmental disorders.
  • Academic prerequisites.
  • Speaking motricity.
  • Impregnation and phonological awareness.
  • Semantic competence.
  • Social and autonomy skills.
  • Spelling and calligraphy.
  • Psychomotricity.
  • Methods and techniques of study.
  • Behavioral intervention.
  • Transition to active life.

Training and Workshops for Parents

  • Warning signs in pre-school education, 1st cycle and 2nd cycle
  • Understand autism spectrum disorders.
  • Know more about cognitive deficit.
  • School failure: how to overcome?
  • How to distinguish PHDA from lack of rules?
  • The importance of psychomotricity at early ages.
  • Transition to active life: and after school what to do?
  • Understand and know how to help your child (multiple versions depending on the disruption).
  • Control of attention in the classroom (strategies).
  • Adequacy of materials (chips, tests ...).
  • Inclusion in the classroom.
  • Phonological discrimination versus orthographic errors.
  • Development of vocabulary and phrasal construction.
  • Stimulation of phonological awareness in preschool.
  • Development of interpersonal communication.
  • Theoretical-practical training for small groups.
  • Other themes available upon request.