Case Report of the Unique Effects of ABA on A Child with Autism in Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to introduce a child aged 3 years and 8 months who was referred to the Centre for the treatment of autistic disorders and started ABA therapy. This case has great significance in that many cases involving children undergoing ABA usually receive other treatments such as speech and occupational therapy alongside or prior to receiving ABA. This trend adds to the psychological stress that families go through and can introduce additional financial strain on families. Due to this on-going trend of multiple therapies for treatment of autism, the occurrence of a child exclusively received ABA is very rare. Part of this issue is because of the increasing number of disciplines and the competition that exists between them. In this study the effectiveness of one to one ABA on a child with autism has been studied for a period of 10 months.On the bases of GARS questionnaire, autism treatment checklist (ATEC), clinical observations and parental reports the child showed significant improvement in speech, sensory, relationship and cognitive items. During the treatment period, increase parent involvement was both encouraged and increased. Thus, it can be concluded that ABA alongside parental engagement seems to be an effective therapeutic intervention on its own.

The effectiveness of sensory integration intervention on the emotional-behavioral problems of children with autism spectrum disorder

“…On the other hand, there are many studies that show that sensory integration has few or no positive effect (Barton et al , 2015; Case-Smith et al , 2015; Schaaf et al , 2014; Pfeiffer et al , 2011; Watling and Dietz, 2007; Smith et al , 2005; Hoehn and Baumeister, 1994). Several studies have also been conducted in Iran about children with autism spectrum disorder, including the intervention priorities of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in Iran (Ghanadzade et al , 2018), the causative variants of amyloidosis in the autism (Akouchekian et al , 2018), screening for autism in Iranian preschoolers (Samadi and McConkey, 2015), effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions on stereotyped and repetitive behaviors of pre-school children with autism (Zarafshan et al , 2017b), effect of transdiagnostic treatment on entrapment and boredom in mothers of children with the autism spectrum disorder (MohseniAzhye et al , 2017), case report of the unique effects of ABA on a child with autism in Iran (Pouretemad et al , 2017), autism research in Iran: a scientometric study (Zarafshan et al , 2017a), autism in developing countries (Samadi and McConkey, 2011), alexithymia and personality factors among students with and without autism spectrum disorder (RahbarKarbasdehi et al , 2018) and a national study of the prevalence of autism among five-year-old children in Iran (Samadi et al , 2012).…”