The Effects of Caregiver Empowerment Program Combined with Web Application on Social Skills of Preschool Children with Autism.
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Purpose: To study the effects of caregivers empowerment program combined with web application on social skills of preschool children with autism
Design: Quasi-experimental research pretest-posttest control group
Methods: Research sample consisted of fifty autistic children, aged 3-6 and caregivers receiving services in the inpatient ward of Rajanukul Institute, selected by inclusion criteria, were matched pair then, equally randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group with 25 subjects in each group. The experimental group received the caregivers empowerment program for 4 weeks. The control group received usual nursing care. The experimental instruments included the caregivers empowerment program. Data were collected using the social skills of preschool children with autism assessment scale and the caregivers empowerment assessment scale. Its CVI were .89 and .90, respectively. Their Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were .97 and .90, respectively. The t-test was used in data analysis.
Findings: The mean score of social skills of preschool children with autism after using the caregivers empowerment program was significantly higher than those before, and the mean score of social skills of preschool children with autism who received the caregivers empowerment program was significantly increased more than such mean score of autistic children who received usual nursing care, at the .05 level.
Conclusion: The result of this study supports that caregivers empowerment program can increase social skills of preschool children with autism.
Keywords: Caregivers Empowerment/Web Application/Social Skills/Preschool Children with Autism
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