The Effect of Sensory Diet Home Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Who Have Sensory Defensiveness: Case Report

감각방어를 가진 자폐 범주성 장애 아동을 대상으로 한 감각식이 가정프로그램이 감각조절과 사회적 능력에 미치는 영향: 사례보고

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sensory diet home program for children with autism spectrum disorder who have sensory defensiveness and explore how this intervention affect to sensory modulation and social interaction ability. Methods : The subject of this case study was a 12-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder who was struggling with her sensory modulation problem. Parent interview and evaluations were conducted and subject-tailored sensory diet home program was made by the therapist. Parent education for the home program was provided to parents and everyday, 3 times, 30minutes of home program activities were conducted to the child for 23 days. Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile and Social Maturity Scale were measured at pre and post intervention and parent wrote daily observation record about child during the intervention. Results : After the intervention, Low Registration, Sensory Sensitivity, Sensation Avoiding area of Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile included to the normal range and the scores of the Social Maturity Scale improved. Conclusions : Child's sensory defensiveness was relieved and sensory modulation and controling emotion ability were improved. While there was significant improvement for sensory modulation and social interaction ability, this was a case study and there was only one subject. So we need to study with larger sample size to generalize this intervention's effectiveness.

목적 : 본 연구는 감각방어를 가진 자폐 범주성 아동을 대상으로 감각식이 가정프로그램을 시행하여 감각조절과 사회적 능력에 미치는 영향을 알아본 연구이다. 연구방법 : 연구대상자는 감각방어를 가진 만 12세의 자폐 범주성 아동 1명이었다. 보호자 인터뷰와 평가를 통해 대상 아동에게 맞는 감각식이 가정프로그램을 만들었고, 보호자 교육을 통해 대상자의 가정에서 총 23일간 하루에 3번 30분씩 감각식이 가정프로그램이 진행되었다. 감각식이 가정프로그램 중재 전 후에 Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile과 사회성숙도검사가 시행되었고 아동의 감각증상목록이 작성되었다. 결과 : 감각식이 가정프로그램 중재 후, Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile검사의 Low Registration, Sensory Sensitivity, Sensation Avoiding영역이 정상범주에 속하게 되었으며, 사회성숙도검사 결과 사회연령과 사회지수가 향상되었다. 결론 : 감각식이 가정프로그램을 통해 아동의 감각방어가 완화되었으며 감각조절과 감정의 조절이 향상되었지만 한 명의 아동을 대상으로 한 연구이기 때문에 앞으로 더 많은 대상자들을 대상으로 한 연구가 이루어져야할 것이다.