The Groupal Device: Value And Usage In Neuro And Psychomotor Therapy Of Developmental Age

Abstract

The group represents the social element in which every individual can experience them-selves after the achievement of the main stages of the neuro-psychomotor development, particularly in the affective-relational, neuropsychological and cognitive areas, and is thus identified as a fundamental device to support rehabilitation therapy. Early in a child’s development, social skills begin to maturate and their development path-way merges with different groups with a specific architecture which modifies and increases these skills over time. As a result, it is necessary to identify the process that leads from the exclusive belonging to the family-group to the need to prioritize comparison with peers to finally arrive at the interdependent social groups in the collectivity/community. Each group has distinct characteristics that move from its social dimension to the cross-sectional com-ponent of its matrix, where individuals’ desires and beliefs are based. The group’s evolution will allow the initial dimensional plan to be expanded, resulting in participants sharing inten-tions and goals. The group is a powerful tool at the therapist's disposal who is capable of monitoring variables that can quickly change the intra/interpersonal dynamics of patients undergoing treatment. The groupal therapy underlies clear rules within it, which ensure the observance of normative and setting parameters and the identification of the parameters of effectiveness to assess its progress.