Abstract
Physical therapists (PTs) are often one of the first professionals to evaluate children at risk. To examine the effect of an early screening training on pediatric PTs’: (1) knowledge of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), (2) clinical self-efficacy, and (3) identification of markers. Twenty-six PTs participated in a 2-day “Early ASD Screening” workshop. The ASD Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, and video case study analysis were completed pre- and post-training. Changes following training were significant for ASD knowledge related to etiology and learning performance, early signs, risk factors, and clinical self-efficacy. Rating the videoed case study after the training, was significantly more accurate than it was before. Training PTs is important for enhancing early identification of ASD.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3926-3938 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We wish to thank Mrs. Malka Stoller, Head of Pediatric Physical Therapy Services, the Ministry of Health, Israel and Mrs. Danya Hofi head of the Physical Therapy School in Tel-Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University. This study was part of the third author's master thesis. All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- ASD
- Early screening
- Healthcare providers
- Knowledge
- Physical therapy
- Self-efficacy
- Training
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology