Supporting Children With Autism Through the Coronavirus Crisis

Supporting people with autism through adulthood

Supporting the Social Communication of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Families and their children with special healthcare needs require effective interventions to address children’s needs in the context of daily family interactions. This article offers a unique perspective to understanding the role of family-centered care. It extends beyond expected practice in service delivery to the role of families in the implementation of intervention research, specifically w...

Improvement of executive function in children with autism through Home Playtime Program

Introduction: Executive dysfunction has shown to be the shared property of many cognitive symptoms seen in autism. The Home Playtime Program (HPP) is a home-based tele-cognitive rehabilitation for targeting executive dysfunction in children with autism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and effectively of this intervention. Materials and Methods: This stud...

Supporting Families through Early Intervention

Internationally early intervention programmes for infants and preschoolers with disabilities have proved to be remarkably successful. In many countries, they began with teachers for visually impaired or hearing impaired children visiting the family home to teach parents how they could overcome the childchr('39')s impairments. The logic of early intervention was inequitable. For example, the soo...

Crisis Management and Reducing the Risk of Coronavirus Infection (with Emphasis on Iran's Capabilities)

Background and Objectives: The global outbreak of the coronavirus has posed a serious threat to the health and safety of the international community; A threat that, due to the intensity and scope of human communication and economic relations in todaychr('39')s world, knows no borders. Iranchr('39')s inclusion on the list of one of the main victims of the coronavirus, along with the difficulty o...

Comparison of Motor Skills in At-risk with Autism Spectrum Disorder Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development Children

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder characterized by repetitive and stereotypical patterns, and difficulties with social communication and interaction in early childhood. Motor development and dysfunction in children with ASD has been the subject of study in recent years and has attracted much of the attention of researchers. As motor dysfunctions can ...