Parents Involvement In Improving Self- Help Skills Of Children With Autistism Joy Center Of Nia Foundation For Children With Autism In Focus

In Ethiopia there are only three centers for children with autism, all are found in Addis Ababa.rnIn this study the researcher focused on parents of Joy center of Nia foundation for children withrnautism. The purpose of this study was to investigate the existing and real practice of Parents’rnand teachers’ involvement on improving Self-help skills of children with autism, at Joy center-rnNia foundation. In order to achieve the objective, the researcher had employed a qualitativernresearch approach namely, case study method. The participants of the study was nine parents ofrnchildren with autism, two teachers and one care giver were selected from the targeted center forrninterview and focus group discussion questions. The methods of data collection were semi-rnstructured interview, focused group discussion, anecdotal observation and document review.rnData were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that lack of parentalrninvolvement is detriment to the child’s development and progress within an early interventionrnprogram. The findings also revealed that Joy Autism center for children with autism isrnsupporting parents of children with autism to maximizing the implementation of self- help skillsrnof children with autism by involving them in different awareness creation programs, helpingrntheir children to develop self -help skills, giving periodic and updated information regardingrnautism, providing economical support, creating job opportunity for those economically weak,rnproviding free lunch service, providing school bus and giving them monthly training on the arearnof autism and self-help skills. The finding also disclosed that some parents did not involvernthemselves in their child’s program and this affected their skills to support children with autism,rntheir children also manifest low self-help skills on their environment, and showed only minimalrndevelopmental progress. The study recommended that parents and school management needs tornwork together to meet the same goal, that is to improve the specific problem of the child both atrnhome and school. It would be better if integrated activities between the parent and the schoolrnimplemented to alleviate the problems of CWA

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