Effect of Transdisciplinary Early Intervention on a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder - A Single Subject Case Report

Eshani Mallick, Ameed Iquebal, Jeetendra Mohapatra

Abstract: A 4 years 8 months kempt and tidy boy child with Sensory Integration issues from the year 2018 came to National Institute For Locomotor Disabilities with the chief complain of difficulty in socializing with peer groups and handwriting problems. The Occupational Therapist administered Child sensory profile2, Hand writing assessment and WEEFIM. The Speech evaluation consisted of Speech Intelligence, Prelinguistic skills, Cognitive pre - requisites, reading and writing skills, Reels, Social skill milestones and Gestural scale. Psychological assessment included Vineland Social Maturity Scale, Developmental Screening Test, BASIC MR, Indian scale for assessment of Autism. Pre Evaluation and Follow up after 6months was done which showed significant overall improvement.

Keywords: transdisciplinary, earlyintervention, autism, case report