Knowledge in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among Pre-School Teachers in Yemen

Keywords

pre-school teachers, knowledge, autism, Yemen

Abstract

Preschool teachers are one of the key players in early childhood, and they have an essential role in the early detection and care of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This role is implicated by their identification of children’s early signs of ASD and the provision of professional resources to guide families for this. Therefore, the current study aimed to figure out what is the pre-school teacher’s knowledge about ASD. Besides, this study attempted to find out if there are any significant differences in preschool teacher’s knowledge about ASD in relation to their education level and teaching experience. A total of 300 preschool teachers from various region schools in Taiz City in Yemen responded to the study questionnaire to determine their level of knowledge about Autism. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance. The results indicated that preschool teachers had lower level of knowledge about the disorder. The findings also showed significant differences in the teachers’ knowledge about Autism, depending on their education level and teaching experience.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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  - Sahar Mohammed Taresh
AU  - Nor Aniza Ahmad
AU  - Samsilah Roslan
AU  - Aini Marina Ma’rof
PY  - 2019/12
DA  - 2019/12
TI  - Knowledge in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among Pre-School Teachers in Yemen
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Special Education (ICSE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 56
EP  - 62
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125928883
ID  - Taresh2019/12
ER  -