Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze the Dermatoglyphic and Motor characteristics in children with specific mixed language disorder (SmLD) and typical language development (TLD). The research design was non-experimental descriptive, comparative and transversal. The sample consisted of 60 children from 5 to 6 years 11 months. The Childhood Learning and Development Test (TADI) and the Cummings and Midlo Protocol (1961) were used to evaluate the dermatoglyphic characteristics. The results indicate that children with TEL-m obtained a T-score of 44.8 and children with DTL a T-score of 58.8 points and that the most frequent design was Presilha (L) 64% in children with TEL-m and 66% in children with DTL. In addition, significant differences are observed p <.00 in motor skills, but without observing significant differences in the Dermatoglyphic variables. Given this, it is accepted that there are only significant differences in the motor area for p <.05 in children with TEL-m and DTL.