Abstract:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Childhood related condition and autism is a developmental disorder. They are characterized
by severe language impairments, poor quality of social interaction, and repetitive stereotyped
activities in place of the imaginative and social pursuits of normal children. Autism is a
focusing condition and it has no curable treatment to overcome this. That’s why it is a major
problem in our country. But there are some therapeutic interventions to maximize their social
interactions, language skills, communication skills, etc. The Special Needs School (SNS) for
children with autism is the best place to get these facilities beside of education for improving
communication skills, social interaction, etc. There are many special schools, but they are not
available with available facilities. That’s why the investigator was done this study on
“Schools for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Capital city of
Bangladesh: perspective of available facilities” and this report may get as an advocacy tool to
ensure better facilities.
Aim & Objectives
The aim of the study is to find out the facilities are available in SNS for children with autism
spectrum disorder. The aim was fulfilled under two specific objectives as, to find out what
educational resources and therapy materials are available in SNS and to find out the
availability of human resources for children with ASD in SNS.
Method
Survey methodology is selected as study method. Here, 7 schools were selected from 15
schools by following simple random sampling. Checklist was the data collection tool. The
interview and observation were the data collection methods under this study.
Result
The investigator found that all participatory schools were concerned about occupational
therapist whereby only 28.60% schools had speech & language therapist and 57.10% schools had psychologist. Then 63.29% schools had available TLMs as educational resources. Also 55.14% schools had available therapy materials as therapy resources.
Conclusion
These results suggest that most of the schools need to improve their facilities. Because they had limited facilities.
Keywords
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Special Needs School (SNS), Facilities.
Description:
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.