Open AccessThe Analyses of Possible Indicators of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Early Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Kristina Kharatyan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
armenian journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2953-7886
pISSN - 2579-2881
DOI - 10.24234/se.2021.4.2.276
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychology , autism , general partnership , developmental psychology , social communication , cognition , autism spectrum disorder , adaptation (eye) , rehabilitation , psychiatry , finance , neuroscience , economics
Nowadays autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are on the list of most frequent childish disorders. It is characterized by communicational, behavioural, and emotional difficulties, unique manifestations of cognitive processes, lack of communicational initiative. ASD is a developmental disorder that occurs in early childhood, persists into adulthood, and affects three areas of development: communication, social partnership, and behavior.
So, when the means of communication are incomplete or absent, the normal course of the child's development is being disrupted, social adaptation becomes impossible. For the effective organization of speech therapy intervention of children, it is necessary to start child`s rehabilitation work as possible of the child's development:
The author's long time professional experience (15 years) in working with these children indicates that one of the keys to the best effectiveness of communication and speech development is early intervention, which can be organized only after the early detection and diagnosis of children with ASD.
One of the prerequisites for early diagnosis is to ensure the continuity of the awareness process among parents, which is the main goal of our article.