Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Behavioural Intervention for Children with Intellectual Disability having Autism

T. Anitha Reddy

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The purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of behavioural intervention on children with Intellectual Disability having Autism. In the present study pre & post design has been used .The main objective of the study was to study the efficacy of behavioural interventions on an identified group of children with Intellectual Disability having autism. They were identified after thorough screening of children with a population of 500. Developmental screening test (DST– Dr.J. Bharath Raj (1983)),Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS– Dr. A .J .Malin (1965)) and Binet Kamat Test of Intelligence (BKT– Dr.V.V.Kamat (1958)) were used for this screening. Compiling the scores of DST, VSMS, and BKT, the IQ was obtained .Children below IQ 70 were subsequently administered Indian Scale For Assessment Of Autism (ISSA– NIMH (2008)). Thus, total 13 children with mild and moderate intellectual disability having ASD belonging to the local area were included in the study. Children with profound and severe intellectual disability having autism belonging to the non local were excluded from the study. Behavioural intervention using (behavioral techniques) was planned and executed for select target group.The intervention was provided individually to each subject with age wise distribution of sample (N–13, M–11, F–2) of which 8 under the age group of 6–9 years, 5 under the age group of 9 to 12 years at general services Block at NIMH, Secunderabad, along with home based training; within a duration of 3 months 35 sessions were conducted, each session lasted for 35 to 45mts. To ascertain the effectiveness of intervention the raw scores that were obtained were statistically paired and t–test was used for finding the statistical significance of the intervention .The results demonstrated the effectiveness of behavioural intervention for children with intellectual disability having autism. Behavioural intervention for children having intellectual disability with autism was noted to be effective as main finding of the study.

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T. Anitha Reddy Behavioural Intervention for Children with Intellectual Disability having Autism Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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