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Nootenboom, Sandra (2013)

Adaptieve vaardigheden van jeugdigen met een autisme spectrum stoornis en een depressie

Master thesis | Education and Child Studies (MSc)

Youth with an Autism Spectrum Disorder can also have an other clinical disorder, for example a depression. This depression could be a multiple disability for this youth with autism. The youth with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and depression can have more limits in daily functioning, in comparison to youth with only an Autism Spectrum Disorder. It’s important to know at which aspects in daily functioning the youth with both disorders have the greatest limits. Because if these aspects are known, the youth can be supported at these aspects. This results in the following question: In which degree do Dutch children and youth from 4 to 18 years with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and an depression have limits in their adaptive skills? The level of the youth with both disorders are compared with the youth with autism, the youth with a depression and with the youth without psychopathology on four adaptive skills; contact with other children; contact with parents, adults and authority; school,...Show moreYouth with an Autism Spectrum Disorder can also have an other clinical disorder, for example a depression. This depression could be a multiple disability for this youth with autism. The youth with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and depression can have more limits in daily functioning, in comparison to youth with only an Autism Spectrum Disorder. It’s important to know at which aspects in daily functioning the youth with both disorders have the greatest limits. Because if these aspects are known, the youth can be supported at these aspects. This results in the following question: In which degree do Dutch children and youth from 4 to 18 years with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and an depression have limits in their adaptive skills? The level of the youth with both disorders are compared with the youth with autism, the youth with a depression and with the youth without psychopathology on four adaptive skills; contact with other children; contact with parents, adults and authority; school, work and future and the adaptive skill autonomy. This research with 635 participants shows that there’s a difference between youth with both disorders and youth with an Autism Spectrum Disorder on the adaptive skill autonomy. Youth with both disorders and youth with only a depression differ on the adaptive skill contact with other children. These results indicate that youth with both disorders mainly have a multiple disability at the adaptive skill autonomy. Youth with both disorders need support to improve their level of this adaptive skill.Show less

adaptieve vaardigheden

autisme spectrum stoornis

depressie

jeugdigen

Author

Nootenboom, Sandra

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Orthopedagogiek

Supervisors

Scholte, Evert

ECTS Credits

20

Language

nl