Parental Perception Of Improvement In Prelinguistic Skills In Kids With Autism In Two Months Of Goal Directed Cognitive Approach

Authors

Ratnapriya Chowdhry, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair HospitalFollow
Santosh Kondekar, TNMC and BYL Nair Hospital MumbaiFollow
Surbhi Rathi, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair HospitalFollow
Abhinaya V, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair HospitalFollow
Tasneem Motiwala, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair HospitalFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6000-8117

Corresponding Author

Ratnapriya Chowdhry

rchowdhry2794@gmail.com

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the parental perception of improvement in prelinguistic skills in children with Autism Spectrum disorder [ASD] after 1 and 2 months of Goal Directed Cognitive Approach. This was assessed by a questionnaire filled by parents of 26 consecutive ASD kids at a neurodevelopmental center. Parents were asked to rate these skills on a Likert scale of 1-5 before and after 1 month and 2 months of GDCA to check for any improvement. 69% of ASD kids were boys. Mean age at presentation was 2.6 years. The children were subjected to GDCA for an average duration of 13.7 months. Of these, 11.5% had seizures and 34.6 % had hyperactivity as a comorbidity. The average duration of sustained eye to eye contact at the time of presentation was 5.96 sec, which improved to 10.3 sec after 1 month ( p-0.0002) and further improved to 12.14 seconds at 2 months (p-0.005). Improvements in turn taking at 1 month( p-0.005) and after 2 months (p-0.002) and purposeful noises after 2 months of GDCA (p-0.003) and imitation after first month of treatment (p-0.0001) were significant. Responding and joint attention did not show any significant change with 2 months of therapy. Therefore, children with autism do improve significantly in eye contact, turn taking, imitation, purposeful noises with 2 months of GDCA. Long term follow up is required to assess responding and joint attention.

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

Topiwala National Medical College

Conflict of Interest

None

Word Count

1490

Recommended Citation

Chowdhry R, Kondekar S, Rathi S, V A, Motiwala T. Parental Perception Of Improvement In Prelinguistic Skills In Kids With Autism In Two Months Of Goal Directed Cognitive Approach. Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 6(2): -. doi: https://doi.org/10.55691/2582-3868.1185

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