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Involvement of parents in the psychomotor management of behavioral disorders in autistic children aged 3 to 10 years in a specialized center in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
- Authors: ANTSELE ONANENA Blondel, WAWOUA Martine, ADDA GOUDOUGOU Marie Aimée, ANTSELE KONOME Cleberte, ASAKIZI Augustine. P
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- Volume :003
- Issue:09
- September 2024
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Authors: ANTSELE ONANENA Blondel, WAWOUA Martine, ADDA GOUDOUGOU Marie Aimée, ANTSELE KONOME Cleberte, ASAKIZI Augustine. Paper Title: Involvement of parents in the psychomotor
management of behavioral disorders in autistic children aged 3 to 10 years in a specialized center in Yaoundé,
Cameroon.
IQ Research Journal of IQ res. j. (2024)3(9): pp 01-13. Vol. 003, Issue 009, 09-2024, pp. 001-013
Received: 17 09, 2024; Accepted: 17 10, 2024; Published: 19 10, 2024
ABSTRACT
Autism is an early developmental disorder of neurological origin, with behavioral disorders and disturbances in communication and interaction. It affects 90 to 120 individuals out of 10,000, with a sex ratio of one girl for every four boys. This disability, which cannot be cured but whose symptoms can be alleviated, is generally diagnosed when the child is three years old. However, the signs appear much earlier, in the first year of life, and can be reduced just as quickly if treated early. There is a range of appropriate methods for managing autism, including parental guidance. However, parents who are insufficiently aware of autism unfortunately pay little attention to its manifestations. The aim of this study was to highlight the impact of parental guidance on the attenuation of behavioral disorders in autistic children. The parameters evaluated were the parents’ knowledge and involvement, as well as the patients’ abilities and weaknesses. Parents
were interviewed on the basis of a pre-tested and validated questionnaire. A psychomotor assessment was carried out on the patients before and after the treatment, which consisted of parental guidance with follow-up at home. We had two patients: a ten-year-old girl and a six-yearold boy. Both patients were diagnosed as autistic and had behavioral problems. They were cared for over a three-month period. Although some parents (35%) knew what autism was, others (65%) mistook it for an infectious or even mystical disease. All parents surveyed (100%) knew at least one of the warning signs of autism. A few parents (23%) were completely unaware of whom to consult for a case of autism. Almost all the parents (91%) had never experienced care with parental guidance and follow-up at home. What’s more, half (50%) of the parents did not attend their child’s sessions regularly. The study of the “X” and “Y” cases showed that the treatment was
effective in improving their behavior and their relationship with their parents. This improvement in behavior was due to the increase in their abilities and the involvement of their respective parents in the treatment.
Keywords: Autism, behavior disorders, parental guidance, psychomotricity.
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