Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children

The present study focused on the paramount importance of early identification and intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among young children. The focus of the study is on children with autism and their typical characters which are identified by adults. The study investigates the occurrence...

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Main Authors:	Badzis, Mastura, Zaini, Mimi Fitriana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2014
Subjects:	LC1390 Education of special classes of persons
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spelling	iium-420952015-02-16T08:47:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42095/ Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children Badzis, Mastura Zaini, Mimi Fitriana LC1390 Education of special classes of persons The present study focused on the paramount importance of early identification and intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among young children. The focus of the study is on children with autism and their typical characters which are identified by adults. The study investigates the occurrence of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among young children from the parents’ perspective. This descriptive and analytical study aimed at finding 1) parents’ perception of the need of early identification and intervention of children with autism, 2) parents’ own perception of the challenges and strategies to help students with autism increase their school performance and 3) parents’ view on strategies to help change the societal perception on ASD. There were three research questions to investigate the parents’ perception in the current study; 1) the issue pertaining to the need of early identification of children with autism, 2) the questions related to useful of identification to parents, school teachers and society, 3) the questions on the challenges and strategies parents had to help ASD children receive optimal care by adults. It was found that parents identified their children behavior as ASD, regardless its degree of severity. The behaviors such as 1) emotionally unstable with bad tempered, 2) easy to be frustrated, 3) having ritual behavior, 4) quick walking habit, 5) problem with understanding, 6) reserved personality and lonely were identified with the help of the teachers in school. Strategies to help children with autism are also discussed in this paper. Keywords: Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Identification of ASD, Intervention of ASD, Education Professionals. IIUM Press 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42095/1/25-46-1-PB_iium_journal.pdf Badzis, Mastura and Zaini, Mimi Fitriana (2014) Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children. IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 2 (2). pp. 67-89. ISSN 2289-8085 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijes/index.php/iejs
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spellingShingle	LC1390 Education of special classes of persons Badzis, Mastura Zaini, Mimi Fitriana Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
description	The present study focused on the paramount importance of early identification and intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among young children. The focus of the study is on children with autism and their typical characters which are identified by adults. The study investigates the occurrence of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among young children from the parents’ perspective. This descriptive and analytical study aimed at finding 1) parents’ perception of the need of early identification and intervention of children with autism, 2) parents’ own perception of the challenges and strategies to help students with autism increase their school performance and 3) parents’ view on strategies to help change the societal perception on ASD. There were three research questions to investigate the parents’ perception in the current study; 1) the issue pertaining to the need of early identification of children with autism, 2) the questions related to useful of identification to parents, school teachers and society, 3) the questions on the challenges and strategies parents had to help ASD children receive optimal care by adults. It was found that parents identified their children behavior as ASD, regardless its degree of severity. The behaviors such as 1) emotionally unstable with bad tempered, 2) easy to be frustrated, 3) having ritual behavior, 4) quick walking habit, 5) problem with understanding, 6) reserved personality and lonely were identified with the help of the teachers in school. Strategies to help children with autism are also discussed in this paper. Keywords: Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Identification of ASD, Intervention of ASD, Education Professionals.
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title	Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
title_short	Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
title_full	Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
title_fullStr	Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
title_full_unstemmed	Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
title_sort	early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children
publisher	IIUM Press
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42095/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42095/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42095/1/25-46-1-PB_iium_journal.pdf
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Early identification and intervention of autism spectrum disorder among young children

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