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The Effect of Parent Mediated Intervention Program on Children With ASD Exposed to Earthquake in Turkey in February 2023
Sponsor: Sabri Hergüner
Summary
After devastating natural events such as earthquakes, individuals with special needs experience much more difficulties. There is a limited number of studies investigating the impact of disasters on individuals with autism. Studies show that resilience and recovery of pre-disaster functioning in young people with autism largely depends on their immediate inclusion in routine, intensive rehabilitation programs and the stabilization of daily life routines as much as possible. Children with autism had to interrupt their education due to many reasons such as the destruction of special education centers due to the earthquake and the temporary or permanent relocation of families to different cities. The fact that individuals with autism stayed away from education after the earthquake caused parents' stress and anxiety levels to increase. Parent involvement, a standard intervention practice in ASD, shows that teaching intervention strategies to parents can improve children's outcomes and increase parental effectiveness. Researchers aim in this study is to investigate the effect of the online group-based parent-mediated intervention program on autism symptoms, the effect on behavioral problems and the effect on parental mental health of children with autism spectrum disorder whose education life was interrupted 8 months after the earthquake, who had major changes in their lives (such as loss of relatives, loss of health, work, home, anxiety, having to change cities ...). Online group-based intervention program ist designed to improve the interaction, play, speech and learning skills of children with autism symptoms, taking into account the earthquake conditions.
Official title: The Effect of Parent-Mediated Intervention Program on Children's Autism Symptoms, Behavioral Problems and Parents' Stress Level in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Exposed to Earthquake in Turkey in February 2023
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
24 Months - 72 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
57
Start Date
2023-10-01
Completion Date
2023-12-31
Last Updated
2026-10-01
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Online group-based parent-mediated intervention program
The program is an online group-based parent-mediated intervention program implemented in 2 sessions of 2 hours once a week for 6 weeks. In the first part of the weekly sessions, the topic of that week is explained to the parents. In the second part, videos recorded by the parents are watched and feedback is given to the parents. At the end of the session, written materials about that week's practices and homework are sent to the parents
Locations (1)
Hergüner Therapy Private Clinic
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)