Abstract
This case study describes the journey of a kindergartner with Down Syndrome in an inclusive classroom. Characteristics of the participant are discussed in comparison to characteristics of children with Down Syndrome and the impact of those characteristics for the child’s overall development. Various strategies that were effectively used to facilitate the child’s participation, transitioning, academics, and social skills are addressed. The child’s improvements in various areas of development as a result of inclusion in the kindergarten classroom are discussed. Finally, investigating the efficacy of inclusion for children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities is recommended for further research.
Highlights
Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) known as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders in which there is impaired development in social, communicative and cognitive abilities [1]
The mean age of our study population was 6.50 ± 3.06 years, with a minimum age of 2 years and a maximum of 16 years. Of these 55 children and adolescents, 7 (12.73%) patients were in 1-3 year age group, 29 (52.73%) patients were in 4-6 year age group, 12 (21.82%) patients were in 7-9 year age group, 3 (5.45% ) patients were in 10-12 year age group whereas 4 (7.27%) patients were in 13-16 year age group
Autism was the most frequent diagnosis occurring in 34 (61.82%) of the patients followed by Pervasive Developmental Disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) which occurred in 17 patients (30.91%)
Summary
Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) known as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders in which there is impaired development in social, communicative and cognitive abilities [1]. These disorders are usually detected in early childhood but the time at which these disorders are diagnosed is much later than the time of onset of these disorder [2,3,4]. The aims of our study were to find the socio-demographic and clinical profile of children with ASDs in a child psychiatry unit
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