Floortime Approach to Increase Communication Skills for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Impairment

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10.2991/assehr.k.201125.007How to use a DOI?

Keywords

DIR/floortime, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual impairment, circle of communication, communication skills

Abstract

Several studies have already proven the effectiveness of using floortime approach in increasing the reciprocal communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, there are only a few studies that have focused on this approach for children with both ASD and intellectual impairment because this intervention is considered very challenging for a child with this kind of dual diagnosis. Therefore, this study aims to explore the effectiveness of floortime approach in increasing the reciprocal communication skills of children with ASD and intellectual impairment. This study is a single-case research design with multiple baselines across settings, involving free play and semi-structured play situations. The pre- and post-test method were used to measure and monitor progress in the child’s communication skills. Both the child (age 8 years, 9 months; has ASD and intellectual impairment disorder)) and mother were included in this study. In total, 26 sessions were divided as follows: 3 baseline assessments, 2 psycho-educational sessions, 17 direct treatments, 3 post-test sessions, and 1 follow-up session. The effectiveness of the intervention was evaluated using the circle of communication (CoC) form and the child’s Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS), with effectiveness defined as the change in trend or percentage change of CoC and FEAS data after the intervention was completed. Results for both free play and semi-structured play settings show an average increase in initiation of interaction (open CoC) by the child and in the number of interactions between the child and the mother (CoC). Our findings show that the child’s communication skills were significantly improved after treatment completion.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dhisty Azlia Firnady
AU  - Lia Mawarsari Boediman
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/27
TI  - Floortime Approach to Increase Communication Skills for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Impairment
BT  - Joint proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2019) and the 4th Universitas Indonesia Psychology Symposium for Undergraduate Research (UIPSUR 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 81
EP  - 93
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201125.007
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201125.007
ID  - Firnady2020
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