PRESENTED BY:DANAH JEAN MACARAIG

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR AUTISTIC CLIENTS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

AND HEALTH PROVIDER.

Chapter 1

Background of the study

Statement of the Problem

What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:-Age -Occupation -Source of Income-Gender -Educational Attainment

What are the specific communication strategies for autistic children?

What are the problems encountered by parents and health workers while communicating with the client?

What can be proposed to help fill the gap of communication between the Autistic child and their significant others and health workers?

Theoretical Framework

The Mindless Theory by Simon Baron-Cohen

The Emphatising-Systemising Theory by Simon Baron-Cohen

Research Paradigm

Input• Demographic characteristics of respondents• Communication Strategies for Autistic Child • Problems encountered by parents and health providers while

communicating with client

Process• Assessment of the autistic child and the effect of communication

strategies

• Comprehension of the client and significant other regarding the communication strategies

Output• Developed a model or guidance

Significance of the study

To the parentsTo the health providersTo the students and faculties

Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on Effective Communication strategies being rendered to Autistic children by Health Providers and their Significant others. It also deals with communication strategies that do not involve the usage of language and speech because many clients are delayed in their usage of language and speech . It shows the greatest to least effective communication strategies.

The respondents will consist of parents, health workers, and teachers of Harvest of Hope, Iyam Lucena City that has children or works with children with ASD.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES AND STUDIES

CHAPTER 2:

Related Literature

1. Attwood, Tony Strategies to Children with Autism (2010).

2. ASD Prevalence Table (2013)3. Baron-Cohen, Simon Theories of the Autistic

Mind (2008)4. Videbeck, Sheila L. Psychiatric-Mental

Health Nursing 5th Edition (2011)5. Inglese, Melissa Dodd and Harrison,

Jennifer Journal of Pediatric Nursing Volume 24 Issue 1 (2010)

Related Studies

Olson, Maggie Impact of Autism Spectrum Disorder Has on Parents.

Kopetz, Endowed Autism Worldwide: Prevalance, Perceotions, Acceptance, Action (2013)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html (2013)

Rajendran and Mitchell Cognitive Theories of Autism (2007)

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

CHAPTER 3

• Research Design Descriptive Qualitative

• Research Locale Harvest of Hope

• Research Population Autistic children (classic autism and Asperger syndrome) Parents and health workers

• Research Instrument Questionnaire Interview

• Data Gathering Procedure

• Statistical Treatment of Data• -Percentage frequency distribution, weighted mean