Sentences with phrase «as an autism caregiver»

Over the last 6 years, I have actively worked as an autism caregiver, providing my wards with exceptional care, and oversight.

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• Provided instructional methodology and behavioral support to teachers and caregivers • Developed and implemented individualized patient and family - centered educational programs in collaboration with educational institutes • Implement and evaluate autism services of eligible children and their families • Compile special education program information into documents and reports • Act as a resource for information regarding laws, regulations and procedures regarding special education programs

Problems with communication, specifically non-verbal cognitive ability, are a strong predictor of externalising behaviour problems.3 Children with ASD exhibit more severe internalising and externalising behaviours than non-ASD children, as well as a high prevalence of aggressive behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD symptoms.4, 5 Increased child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with children without autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are of concern in early childhood because of the importance of these early years for longer term child developmental outcomes.7

In addition, caregivers of children with FASD often experience high levels of stress that differ in magnitude and contributing factors relative to caregivers of children with other disabilities, such as autism [45, 46, 47, 48].

In the parents of children with ASD group the inclusion criteria for the primary caregivers were as follows: (a) their child had a medical diagnosis of Asperger syndrome or childhood autism according to ICD - 10 [55] criteria; (b) their child had no intellectual disability; c) their child lived at home with them; (d) their child was between 5 and 17 years old; (e) their child attended a mainstream or inclusive school; (f) no concomitant conditions in children with ASD; (g) no developmental disorders or serious health problems in other children in the family; (h) the parents were partners and living together; (i) both of them completed the questionnaires; (j) both of them were biological parents of the child.