Open AccessHow to Help Children and Adolescents with Austism SprectrumDisorder during Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Galeti Fs,
Arvigo Mc,
Fabricia Signorelli Galeti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of psychology and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2693-2490
DOI - 10.47485/2693-2490.1024
Subject(s) - pandemic , social distance , social isolation , dysfunctional family , psychological intervention , outbreak , psychology , coronavirus , isolation (microbiology) , autism , covid-19 , medicine , developmental psychology , disease , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology
The Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) are distinguished by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior. Coronaviruses are an extremely common cause of colds and other upper respiratory infections. COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019”. The fast spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 has sparked alarm worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared this rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Most of the countries around the world are adopting social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. There are several possible impacts of this pandemic on the daily lives of individuals with ASD, such as worsening of dysfunctional behaviors and regression of skills already acquired in different domains of development due to the social isolation. The objective of this article is to provide guidance to parents, health and education professionals that live or work with ASD individuals during the social isolation, on how to manage interventions that can be executed in the home environment, like remote training in language and social communication skills, behavioral strategies and sensory integration activities