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STUDENTS’ SELF-ASSESSED COMPETENCE FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISAM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Autism group disorders are complex neurorevatory disorders characterized by a deficiency in the development of communication and social skills and the presence of repetitive and restrictive behavioral patterns. Aim: Examining the Self Assessment of Sessional Students and Early-Career Preschool Students, as well as determinong students' opinions on their readiness to work with ASD children, i.e. the competences they acquire during a three-year study. Materials and participans: The survey was conducted from April to May 2018 via an online questionnaire. The survey included 220 respondents (nursing students, early school and preschool teachers). Results: The self-assessment of the ASD's familiarity with the subjectes ranges from 40.9% to 57.7%, but is lower for subjects of the nursing population in all examined variables. The proportion of competent students declined with the years of study (40.3%> 31.9%> 26.6%), and the same was lower for nurses compared to early and pre-school respondents (15% <54%) Conclusion: In the sample of subjects studying nursing and early and pre-school education according to their self-assessment, there is no significant deficit of knowledge or discrepancy in the understanding of different aspects of ASD, but there are differences in the level of familiarity among respondents with respect to the study, in favor of respondents in early and pre-school studies. At the same time, nursing respondents are more susceptible to their competence in working with children with ASD compared to early and pre-school respondents. Also, third year study subjects are considered not to be the most competent for working with ASD children compared to subjects in the first and second years of study.

autisam spectrum disorders, nursing students, early and preschool students, competences

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