Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder:An Intervention Study

Project Report from the year 2006 in the subject Psychology - Personality Psychology, grade: NIL, course: M.PHIL IN REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY, language: English, abstract: The objective of the study was to test the efficacy of psychoeducational intervention in dispelling the misconceptions and in meeting certain needs of the parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD‟s) and the sample consisted of fifteen (15) parents who had children with ASD. The Investigator was identified the parents needs and then disseminated information regarding autistic condition in accordance with the identified needs. The intervention was conducted in four sessions for a period of 30 days and one hour per session followed by post assessment. Significant results were found between pre- and post-assessment indicating the beneficial effect of psychoeducational intervention for parents of children with ASD‟s. The findings were revealed that the parent training helped in dispelling the parents misconceptions, satisfied their information needs and their child condition.