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„Positive approaches to autism“ – education for parents

Teaching parents about autism spectrum disorders and using effective strategies in everyday activities can significantly improve the quality of life of families with children with ASD. However this is not accessible to many parents in south east European countries. “Positive approaches to autism” is a parent education program that is being developed within the ERASMUS + EU funded project. The base for the development of curriculum was a survey of parents (N=148) regarding their needs and interests. As a result, a core education that contains 6 modules was developed: Module 1 - An introduction to autism spectrum disorders, module 2 - Practical strategies to manage behaviour through visual structure, , module 3 - Managing sensory sensitivities, module 4 - Exploring communication, module 5 Positive approaches to social development and interaction and module 6 - Understanding and managing challenging behaviour. Additional modules have also been developed to address local priorities and specific issues: Exploring food and mealtime issues, Exploring sleep issues, Puberty issues. An overview and evaluation of specific modules of the education will be presented in this poster presentation.

developing core curriculum ; parent education ; children with ASD ; UK ; Cyprus ; Croatia ; FYR of Macedonia ; quantitative and qualitative research

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