"To help autistic children, we must cultivate the social skills of autistic children as the core, and let them feel the joy of social interaction, which is conducive to their recovery." On April 2 this year, the 15th World Autism Day, the Child Development and Behavior Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University held a series of activities and organized 14 experts to conduct online free consultations to facilitate free consultations for parents of autistic children.
Professor Zou Xiaobing, the discipline leader of the Child Development and Behavior Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, aimed at the natural development behavior intervention of autistic children to make an important speech at the hospital, he said that the prognosis of children's autism in the next 10 years will be significantly improved, and with the increase of social and national attention to autistic people, the ecosystem of future autistic people will also be gradually improved.
Early detection and scientific interventions are quite effective
According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders is about 1 to 2%. Autism spectrum disorder begins in childhood and tends to persist into adolescence and adulthood. Some people with autism can live independently, but others have severe disabilities that require lifelong care and support.
Zou Xiaobing pointed out that if children's autism can be detected early and scientific intervention, the prognosis effect is quite considerable, and some mild autistic patients can even live independently. At the scene of the science popularization activity, he emphasized that the natural development behavior intervention (NDBI) is the most suitable intervention for children with autism in the mainland, which mainly refers to the implementation in the natural environment (family, community, school, etc.). Among them, children and therapists have joint decision-making power, take advantage of natural emergencies, and use a variety of behavioral strategies to help children with autism develop appropriate and necessary survival skills.
According to reports, the "decision-making power" here mainly means that the intervention means should always follow the interest of autistic children." Some autistic children are able to express themselves, at this time, we must fully respect their opinions, starting from the child's interest, carrying out relevant interventions, planned and targeted targeted training, as of now, we have seen obvious results in many children. Zou Xiaobing said.
Interventions in daily household life have a better effect
Professor Zou Xiaobing stressed that there is no specific drug for autism, but scientific intervention can be carried out, of which the cultivation of the social skills of autistic children is the core - refers to the cultivation of children's social skills and family intervention mode, which hopes that parents and teachers can become the soul task of behavioral intervention, integrate intervention training into every moment of children's daily life, so that children are always in the process of receiving high-intensity, high-intensity learning and training.
"The doorknob of our hospital's Child Development and Behavior Center is deliberately set very high, about 1.7 meters, and when the child wants to go out, he must make some sound or movement to let him open the door, which is a natural situational intervention." Zou Xiaobing said that parents can also arrange, arrange and design in the environment of the family and community where their children live, so that children can interact naturally.
Family daily activities are the best place to intervene, but the intervention should also be in line with the laws of child development, not beyond their age of cognition, behavior patterns, etc. "Autism is a long-term process, and daily life intervention can make every moment of children's waking lives become a learning moment, ensuring high-intensity intervention and can achieve sustained results." He explained.
It should be reminded that the cultural level of parents does not affect the learning and application of intervention methods for children with autism, and parents can improve their intervention cognition and ability by participating in formal training courses, learning online courses, and reading the reading book "Xiaoming's Day". I hope that all children with autism, through social acceptance and scientific intervention, can finally grow up healthy and happy, and on this basis, I hope that they will progress, and hope that they can integrate into society like ordinary children. Professor Zou Xiaobing said.
What is Natural Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI)?
Professor Zou Xiaobing introduced that natural development behavior intervention (NDBI) refers to the implementation in the natural environment, children and therapists enjoy joint decision-making power, the use of natural emergencies, the use of various behavioral strategies to help children with autism develop appropriate and necessary survival skills. In practice based on natural developmental behavioural interventions, children usually engage in activities in a natural and interactive social environment, with interventions implemented in play and daily life, with child-led teaching strategies. This intervention concept and measure not only reduces the communication and social behavioural difficulties of autistic children, but also has a positive impact on the well-being and quality of life of autistic patients and their caregivers, and is the most suitable intervention for the national conditions of the mainland.
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【Source: New Express】