Resources, Problems and Challenges of Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Support System in Poland

Autor:	Jacek Pasternak, Anna Lenart
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Medical education Process (engineering) Public health Control (management) Certification medicine.disease Comorbidity Autism spectrum disorder Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Autism Support system Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 53:1629-1641
ISSN:	1573-3432 0162-3257
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-021-05142-1
Popis:	The article refers to resources, problems and challenges of autism diagnosis and support system in Poland. The resources include: the increasing number of specialists, diagnostic and therapeutic centres, well-established course of education for people working with youths, standardised and normalised diagnostic tools. The diagnostic process is not without some areas in need of our focus: the tendency of some specialists to make unauthorised diagnosis, overshadowing; underestimation of comorbidity of ASD with other disorders. The challenges refer to introducing an effective system of monitoring the services provided in form of certification and control in order to prevent their abuse, initiating category of temporary diagnosis; paying more attention on individual’s resources, better cooperation among specialists, teachers and families, developing and unifying diagnostic standards.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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