ABSTRACT:

At the beginning of the 20th century, research related to child development were intensified. Helena Antipoff (1892-1974) was one of the researchers and professors who dedicated her studies to this topic, especially with regard to the development of children known at the time as “abnormal”. One of the instruments that she developed was the Mental Development of a Child Observation Form, in 1939. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), proposes an assessment of the subject’s condition based on in biological, psychological and social aspects, as opposed to an evaluation based only on the criterion of illness or disability. Thus, the objective of this study was to retrieve the Observation Form proposed by Helena Antipoff and compare it to the ICF, using the guides proposed by Alarcos Cieza e collaborators. The results show that most of the items on the form could be coded and related to the ICF, as the items on Antipoff’s form also seek to evaluate, in an associated way, body functions, activity and participation, which can be used as a tool for prior assessment of the child and should also be updated with a most current nomenclature based on the nomenclature used in the ICF.

KEYWORDS:
Assessment; Performance profile; Special Education; Early Childhood Education