Journal of Pediatric Perspectives

Developing a Family-based Floor Time Therapy and Evaluation its Effectiveness on the Developmental Profile of Children with Interactive Disorders (Anxiety and Depression)

Shahrbanoo Aali; Seyed Amir AminYazdi

Volume 5, Issue 4 , April 2017, , Pages 4741-4753

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2017.22412.1879

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Background: Floor time therapy is the center of Greenspan developmental model. In Family-based of this model, to enhance the abilities of the child, family functioning is set the objective ... Read More Background: Floor time therapy is the center of Greenspan developmental model. In Family-based of this model, to enhance the abilities of the child, family functioning is set the objective as a general unit, the purpose of this study was developing a Family-based Floor Time Therapyand evaluating its effectiveness on the developmental profile of children with interactive disorders. Materials and Methods: This research study was conducted according to the pretest-posttest design. The statistical population of the study consisted of all Mashhad preschoolers with depression and anxiety disorders along with their mothers. They were selected by using voluntary sampling and assigned to groups. In order to examine the effectiveness of therapy, the researcher–made instruments of Developmental Family Function Assessment Questionnaire and Greenspan Functional Emotional Developmental Scale were used. Results: According to the result there were significant differences between the control and floor time therapy groups of depressed children in developmental stages 4, 5 and 6 (P <0.05), between the floor time therapy and family-based floor time therapy groups in stage 4 (P<0.05), and between family-based floor time therapy and control groups in stage 6 (P<0.05). There were also significant differences between floor time therapy and family-based floor time therapy groups of anxious children in stage 1 (P<0.05), and between family-based floor time therapy and control groups in stages 1 and 4 (P<0.05). The results showed that there was a significant difference in developmental family function between the three groups of depressed children in stage 5 (P<0.05), and those of anxious children in stages 1, 2, 3, and 7 (P<0.05). Conclusion: Family-based floor time therapy, can increase the effectiveness of floor time therapy and be used as an effective therapy for the treatment of preschoolers with depression and anxiety disorders. Key Words: Anxiety, Developmental Profile,

The Profile of Functional Emotional Development of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders from the Perspective of Developmental, Individual Differences(DIR), Relationship-based Approach

Shahrbanoo Aali; Seyed Amir AminYazdi; Mohammad Saeed Abdekhodaei; Fatemeh Moharreri; Ali Ghanaei Chamanabad

Volume 2, Issue 4.1 , October 2014, , Pages 245-256

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3205

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Introduction: The dominant approach in the etiology and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a behavioral approach. Proponents of the behavioral model believe that children ... Read More Introduction: The dominant approach in the etiology and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a behavioral approach. Proponents of the behavioral model believe that children with autism in access to capabilities in achieving love, empathy, language and creative thinking, have significant fundamental defects. Instead model-based development of individual differences relationship offers a new approach in the etiology and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. According to this approach, early signs of autism and the major differences between these children with normal children, is the difference in capability development , nor behavioral symptoms. Methods and Materials:This study was a descriptive survey. Our research society were Children 4 to 6 years with ASD at official training centers for autism in Mashhad-Iran and among them 40 children with available sampling, were selected according to the study entry criteria. 40 normal children that were matched with autistic children in sample group were selected as a comparison group. Data were analyzed using of spss16 with descriptive statistics, ANOVA and chi square test. Results: Autistic Children at the ability to regulate attention, attraction and interest in human relations; exchange of desires, intentions and thoughts with others, shaping ideas and the ability to think logically, have a lower mean and no significant difference was observed between the two groups (P<0.05).Also, based on chi-square test, there was a significant relationship between the frequency observed in autistic children and normal children at the functional domains of emotional development (P<0.05).Also, 57.5% of autistic children were seriously deficient in the above capabilities and none of them were placed in the higher range; while 95% of normal children were in the range of moderate to high. Conclusion: Autistic Children in the early stages of functional emotional development, in comparison with normal children had serious defects and the difference, increased a the higher levels of development. This can be verified the evolution of language development and logical thinking and knowledge of the subject, can be effective in the early detection and treatment of this disorder.

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Developing a Family-based Floor Time Therapy and Evaluation its Effectiveness on the Developmental Profile of Children with Interactive Disorders (Anxiety and Depression)

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The Profile of Functional Emotional Development of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders from the Perspective of Developmental, Individual Differences(DIR), Relationship-based Approach

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