Study accomplished in a public Institution of Neurology, with six children with Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome (SAF). The Objectives were: To describe the basic human needs affected in children with Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome (SAF). To identify the areas of development harmed. To evaluate the children's development with Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome (SAF). Methodology: Researches qualitative. The study was approved by the Committee of Ethics and Research of Hospital Escola São Francisco de Assis (HESFA) and school of Nurse Anna Nery. The development was evaluated by the scale of development of Heloisa Marinho. Results: All of the children presented discrepancy in the Mental; Social and Physical area. Children presented alienation, shyness, and refuse in to verbalize and to maintain visual contact and hyperactivity; learning difficulty; difficulty in the motive coordination; shyness; motive agitation. The affected needs were: hydration, oral hygiene, corporal hygiene, communication, motive coordination, learning, alimentary education, vision. All presented great discrepancy in relation to the chronological age, development age, graphic age and low development quotient.
Nursing; Infantile development; Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome
