Nivel de conocimiento de los padres de familia sobre el trastorno de espectro autista en niños de una unidad educativa

Abstract

The prevalence of ASD worldwide has increased, generating a significant impact on the family, especially in the adaptation process when receiving this diagnosis in their children. This research aims to evaluate the level of knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder of parents in their children in an educational unit, A descriptive and analytical approach was used, with a quantitative design, with a sample of 100 participants, a pretest of M-CHAT-R/F by the author Robins Diana and post-test by Salazar Angela was applied. both validated, aimed at parents allowing the identification ofbehaviors associated with social, communicative and sensorimotor development in their children, The results of the pretest indicated that the social interaction dimension presented the highest average of affirmative responses (89.85%). However, some questions showed negative response percentages of (10.14%), and the communication and language dimension presented an average of 14.6% of negative questions, being the highest percentage compared to other tables. These behaviors were related to possible early manifestations of ASD, in the post-test high percentages of correct answers were obtained in the different dimensions evaluated. It was concluded that parents identified several behaviors typical of ASD, although areas that require additional guidance were also detected, the study shows the need to implement educational strategies that promote the early detection of ASD and strengthen their knowledge about other neurodevelopmental disorders.