Review

A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program)

March 13, 2017
  • Sinem İşlek
  • Esra Işık
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A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program)

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by persistent difficulties with communication and social interaction, with accompanying restricted or repetitive behaviors (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).For many families, it is also often difficult to locate reliable information about ASD and how this relates to their child’s individual behaviors and challenges in the post-diagnosis period(Gaspar de Alba ve Bodfish, 2011; Gray, Msall, ve Msall, 2008). Parents need to fell be supported by their environments  in diagnosis  and  post-diagnosis period. Accepting the diagnosis of families, supported in terms of psycological of  families, indicated to families of services  regard to  diagnosis , be informed about  diagnosis of family in post diagnosis period are necessary and crucial. Correspondingly, programs which will be prepared family-centered and as regards necessities of every family  be needed. In the light of this information, investigating of EIRP which is a family-centered early intervention readiness program was  aimed in this study. The EIRP is designed as a family-centered program. The EIRP fundamentally acknowledges the lack of professional guidance and the stressful nature of the post-ASD diagnosis period for many families. As such, the purpose of the EIRP is to address this shortfall by offering the personalized information needed to support the family’s understanding of their child’s individual challenges and to develop awareness of the interventions and supports that are relevant and available to their child and family.

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English

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Review

Authors

Sinem İşlek This is me
HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, ÇOCUK GELİŞİMİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Esra Işık This is me
HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, ÇOCUK GELİŞİMİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 13, 2017

Submission Date

March 13, 2017

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Year 2017

APA
İşlek, S., & Işık, E. (2017). A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program). Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, 30-35. https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT
AMA
1.İşlek S, Işık E. A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program). HUFHSJ. Published online March 1, 2017:30-35. https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT
Chicago
İşlek, Sinem, and Esra Işık. 2017. “A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who Are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program)”. Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, March 1, 30-35. https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT.
EndNote
İşlek S, Işık E (March 1, 2017) A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program). Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal 30–35.
IEEE
[1]S. İşlek and E. Işık, “A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program)”, HUFHSJ, pp. 30–35, Mar. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT
ISNAD
İşlek, Sinem - Işık, Esra. “A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who Are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program)”. Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal. March 1, 2017. 30-35. https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT.
JAMA
1.İşlek S, Işık E. A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program). HUFHSJ. 2017;:30–35.
MLA
İşlek, Sinem, and Esra Işık. “A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who Are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program)”. Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Journal, Mar. 2017, pp. 30-35, https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT.
Vancouver
1.Sinem İşlek, Esra Işık. A Family Support Program for Families of Children Who are Autism Spectrum Disorder: EIRP (The Early İntervention Readiness Program). HUFHSJ [Internet]. 2017 Mar. 1;30-5. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA93JP73BT