ASD Intervention Summary

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Caring for a loved one with a disability is no small feat. I know first-hand just how overwhelming the responsibility can be while trying to manage priorities outside of the home as well. For this reason, I have decided to cover “Autism and Family Quality of Life” for my article review assignment. This article focuses on certain intervention strategies that are crucial to the treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It purports to explain quality of life as a critical part of early intervention for both children with ASD, and their families. As I plan to discuss, Occupational Therapists play a unique role in understanding the families’ energy level for accomplishing everyday tasks and supporting all caregivers to help the child adapt and cope with everyday life. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological condition characterized by impairment of communicative, social, and behavioral competencies. Most children with an ASD experience limited functionality in daily routine, community involvement, and sociability. As this article explains, caring for a child with an ASD is often associated with high stress levels, often requiring mental health treatment. Struggling to get the child to eat or settle down…show more content…
I might use this information, specifically table 2, as an assessment tool in the future during clinical practice to help me decide what intervention to consider for each unique family. Unanswered questions: 1. One question raised by the author and not answered was “If treatment is effective but does not enhance quality of life, was it really effective after all…?” 2. As a result of reading this article I questioned if all areas of, and if all treatment of Occupational Therapy attempted to be as effective in effecting quality of life. 3. This article has made me curious about other treatment methods for ASD. It has also made me wonder how the methods of treatment would change when treating patients with different mental
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