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Abstract

[h3] Objectives: [/h3]

Early intensive interventions are very important for children with autism spectrum disorder. We examined the actual conditions of hospital-based early intensive interventions for autism spectrum disorder in Seoul, in order to help develop and implement an evidence-based early intensive intervention model for use in Korea.

[h3] Methods: [/h3]

Nine hospital-based institutes running an early intensive intervention program for children with autism spectrum disorder responded to a questionnaire in September 2014. They provided a brief introduction to their program, explained its theoretical bases, and reported the number of children, their age, intervention time, duration and so on.

[h3] Results: [/h3]

In the majority of the institutions, the intervention was provided for over 20 hours every week, and the theoretical bases included various applied behavioral analysis (ABA) methods and other therapies (language and occupational therapy). The therapist-child ratio ranged from 1:1 to 5:3. Various types of therapists were involved, including behavioral analysts, special education teachers and (or) language pathologists. There was only one clinic where the behavioral analyst was the main therapist. Usually, the intervention was terminated just before the child entered elementary school. The main merit of the hospital-based intervention in our survey was the effectiveness of the multi-disciplinary intervention plan and its other merits were the accuracy of the diagnosis, its ability to be combined with medicine, and so on.

[h3] Conclusion: [/h3]

The current hospital-based early intensive intervention programs provide interventions for over 20 hours per week and employ multidisciplinary approaches. However, there are very few institutes for children with autism and very few intervention specialists and specialist education courses in the country. We need more educational programs for intervention therapists and have to try to develop policies which encourage the implementation of an evidence-based early intensive intervention program nationwide.

Details

Title
A Survey on the Status of Hospital-Based Early Intensive Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Korea
Author
Ju Young Lee; Duk-Soo Moon; Suk-Ho, Shin; Hee-Jung, Yoo; Hee-Jung Byun; Dong-Soo Suh
Pages
213-219
Section
Original Articles
Publication year
2017
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
ISSN
1225729X
e-ISSN
22339183
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3174415917
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.