The study was to examine the effectiveness of the educational program for the parents of autistic children in promoting the development and amelioration of psychopathology.
Behavioral pathology and developmental function of autistic children of two parent groups, parents who participated in educational program and parents who did not participate in that program, were compared before and after partent education program.
For these purpose, the data were collected from 30 subjects(15 for participant group and 15 for non-participant group) who were diagnosed as Autism according to DSM-III at Child-Psychiatry of Seoul National University Hospital during May 16, 1987 through April 30, 1988.
Pre and post tests by Schopler´ s Psycho-Educational Profile scale were performed for all of the subjects and the data were analyzed by Wilcoxon Rank Sum test, Wilcoxon Sign Rank test and X2-test.
The results obtained were as follows
1) The autistic children of participant group were significantly higher than those of non-participant group after education on Imitation, Gross motor and Eye-hand Integration scale of developmental function area (p<0.05).
2) After education, the autistic children of participant group were significantly improved in Affect and Language scale of behavioral pathology area (p<0.05).
3) After education, the autistic children of participant group were significantly improved in developmental function, such as Perception, Fine motor, Gross motor, Eye-hand Integration, Cognitive Performance, Cognitive Language (p<0.05).
4) The autistic children of non-participant group were significantly improved in Relating behavior and developmental functions such as Perception, Fine motor and Eye-hand Integration at post test in comparison to pre test (p<0.05).
From these results, it might be concluded that the autistic children of participant group were improved much more, and obtained higher score in developmental function area than those of non-participant group.
It is suggested that this kind of education program helped and supported the parents to do some more appropriate approach for the development of their children.
The study was to examine the effectiveness of the educational program for the parents of autistic children in promoting the development and amelioration of psychopathology.
Behavioral pathology and developmental function of autistic children of two parent groups, parents who participated in educational program and parents who did not participate in that program, were compared before and after partent education program.
For these purpose, the data were collected from 30 subjects(15 for participant group and 15 for non-participant group) who were diagnosed as Autism according to DSM-III at Child-Psychiatry of Seoul National University Hospital during May 16, 1987 through April 30, 1988.
Pre and post tests by Schopler´ s Psycho-Educational Profile scale were performed for all of the subjects and the data were analyzed by Wilcoxon Rank Sum test, Wilcoxon Sign Rank test and X2-test.
The results obtained were as follows
1) The autistic children of participant group were significantly higher than those of non-participant group after education on Imitation, Gross motor and Eye-hand Integration scale of developmental function area (p<0.05).
2) After education, the autistic children of participant group were significantly improved in Affect and Language scale of behavioral pathology area (p<0.05).
3) After education, the autistic children of participant group were significantly improved in developmental function, such as Perception, Fine motor, Gross motor, Eye-hand Integration, Cognitive Performance, Cognitive Language (p<0.05).
4) The autistic children of non-participant group were significantly improved in Relating behavior and developmental functions such as Perception, Fine motor and Eye-hand Integration at post test in comparison to pre test (p<0.05).
From these results, it might be concluded that the autistic children of participant group were improved much more, and obtained higher score in developmental function area than those of non-participant group.
It is suggested that this kind of education program helped and supported the parents to do some more appropriate approach for the development of their children.
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