OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyze the case of a baby at mental risk treated at the clinic in early stimulation. CASE REPORT: The mother - infant dyad was accompanied in the planned phases of the protocol for collection of Risk Indicators in Child Development (IRDIs). In the last phase of IRDIs, at 17 months, R. was referred to the service in early stimulation. It was 17 months. He had a psychomotor agitation, poverty in terms of facial expression, poor linguistic evolution. It was noticed that the boy had not built a body image that sustain the relationship with objects, with space, especially in relation to the other. Considering the contributions of clinical psychomotor transferring, and from care in early intervention with interdisciplinary input, the boy was building important concepts of schema and body image. After 4 months, R. showed greater peace of mind, paying attention in the form of play, and especially taking care of his own body in relation to the space provided. The language issue also achieved significant progress. R. began to imitate animal sounds, the plane passed, called the father, and constructing sounds to interpret their feelings. CONCLUSION: The protocol IRDIs possible to detect early signs of risk for child development, and thus, the intervention took place in a promotional perspective, the clinic in early stimulation. It was observed that only one session with the therapist, anchored by other professionals such as speech therapists, is helping to reposition R. in relation to the other and the world.