MARFATIA AWARD ABSTRACTS

A study of effect of parent mediated interventions in children with autism spectrum disorder attending tertiary care hospital Palak Khemka, N. Prasanna Kumar1 The Neurocity Hospital, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in reciprocal social communication and engagement in repetitive stereotyped pattern of behaviours. Parent mediated interventions allow for the transfer of skills to real-world situations by bringing treatment into the home. Our aim was to see the effectiveness of PMI by putting parents in the shoes of therapists and observe the outcome in child’s overall skills. Aim: To study the effect of parent-mediated interventions in children with autism spectrum disorder attending GHMC, Visakhapatnam. Methodology: The study was carried out over the period of 6 months with 1st 2 weeks were used to teach the method of parent mediated intervention to care-giver in five sessions. Effect of parent mediated interventions were measured with monthly follow-up for first two months and then overall effect at the end of 6th month. Results: There was an increasing trend of improvement observed in children noted through CARS (P=