Exploring and understanding the development of children with ASD undergoing teletherapy through the bioecological model

• Main Author: Garcia, Victor Benedict Vienne
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Autism spectrum disorders; Therapy; Human Factors Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_psych/40; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdm_psych/article/1039/viewcontent/2023_Garcia_Exploring_and_Understanding_the_Development_of_Children_with_ASD_Full_text.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Teletherapy has been seen for more than a decade to reach those who cannot avail of face-to-face rehabilitation in most developed countries. The imposition of Covid-19 community quarantine paved the way for teletherapy in the Philippines. The study aimed to describe the development of children with autism spectrum disorder who underwent teletherapy and explore and describe the factors in teletherapy that influenced the process and outcome. By interviewing rehabilitation professionals who implemented teletherapy for children with autism and with the theoretical guidance of the bioecological theory, the study was able to surface factors in the developing person and contexts that influenced the developmental outcome of children with autism. The findings of this study showed that teletherapy was able to help children with autism work on their individualized developmental goals. From the perspective of interviewed professionals, there were also positive changes in the behavior of adults in the lives of children with autism. All in all, the study shows that teletherapy can be a plausible option of service. The study suggests a new component that will involve the household to gain better outcomes for children with autism.