scholarly journals Parents’ Experience in Children’s Friendship Training Programme for Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Inquiry

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 763
Author(s):  
Sing Yee Ong ◽  
Samsilah Roslan ◽  
Nor Aniza Ahmad ◽  
Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub ◽  
Lee Ping Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Interview Session ◽  
Parents Experiences ◽  
Friendship Training

Background: Children’s Friendship Training (CFT) is a parent-assisted intervention programme that introduces children to basic sets of social rules to help them understand social contexts with specific guidance from their parents. It has been reported in several empirical studies that the friendship skills of children with autism spectrum disorder were enhanced after participating in CFT. However, previous studies only focused on the effectiveness of the training without exploring it from the parent’s perspective. As such, the objective of this study is to highlight the parents’ experience in assisting in the implementation of CFT. Purpose: To explore the parents’ experiences with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in CFT and examine the experiences using the CFT as a theoretical framework. Methodology: In this study, eight parents and their school-aged children with ASD participated in 12 CFT sessions. Upon completing the CFT, the parents participated in a focus group interview. The interview session was video recorded and transcribed with the parents’ consent. Thematic analysis was employed in analysing the collected data as outlined in six different phases. Results: The generated data revealed the similarities and differences in parents’ experiences in the CFT. The current study has identified four main themes: (1) fear and resistance; (2) awareness, learning, and adjustment; (3) change is hard; and (4) identifying support. Conclusions: The findings highlighted the processes that these parents experienced and encountered while attending the CFT programme, it is important to consider these processes based on how they might impact the effectiveness of the programme. The programme’s effectiveness is reliant on the ability to work closely with parents to understand their challenges and explore the type of support they need. This study has analysed the crucial factors that provide an overview of parents’ encounters in their participation in CFT.

scholarly journals Diagnostics of Swimming Skills in Preparatory Swimming Teaching of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-96
Author(s):  
Kristýna Hubená
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Autistic Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Sign Test ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
The Third

Summary Aim: The aim of this study is to present the results of the evaluation of the Preparatory Swimming Intervention Programme for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (PAS). Methods: The study used a method of participating observation by which evaluators diagnosed swimming skills. The diagnostic tool was Štochl’s scale of swimming skills evaluation (Štochl et al. 2005). A nonparametric sign test was chosen for the analysis of the results. Results: The results of the sign test showed that all probands studied had an overall improvement in all skills between measurements 1 and 2, 3 and 4 and also 1 and 4. In a comparison of individual probands, swimming skills improved between the 1st and 2nd measurements in two of them. The third proband achieved the greatest improvement between the 3rd and 4th measurements, the fourth between the 1st and 4th measurements. The fifth proband did not achieve a statistically significant improvement in the acquisition of swimming skills. Conclusions: The results of this study show that for the area of preparatory swimming lessons for children with PAS, it is possible to use the Štochl scale (Štochl 2002) for diagnosing swimming skills, thus enabling quantitative data to monitor the level of acquired swimming skills in these individuals.

scholarly journals Development of an Intervention Programme for Selective Eating in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayumi Miyajima ◽  
Kiyomi Tateyama ◽  
Shiori Fuji ◽  
Kazuyo Nakaoka ◽  
Kazuhisa Hirao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Selective Eating

Objective/Background Most parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties with the selective eating behaviour of their children. This study aimed to develop a newly designed intervention programme on improving selective eating behaviour for parents of children with ASD and evaluate its effectiveness. Methods The participants were 23 parents of children (aged 3–6 years) with ASD. The education programme included a session that addressed approaches to improve selective eating and attitudes at meal times, with a discussion. The intervention aimed to identify the underlying factors and approaches to improve selective eating in children and the self-efficacy of parents. Results Significant differences were observed before and after the intervention in the degree of difficulty perceived by parents, their degree of self-efficacy, the number of recommendations conducted by them, their subjective view of the degree of dietary imbalance, and the number of food items consumed by their children. Conclusion We developed an interventional programme for parents of children with ASD and this programme was found to be useful. It is important for occupational therapists to consider the factors and approaches for selective eating in children with ASD in order to provide early intervention for their parents.

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