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. 2021 Mar 8;68(5):773-780.
doi: 10.1080/20473869.2021.1895700. eCollection 2022.

A SWOT analysis of parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder: Oman as a Regional Model

Ahmed B Idris  1 , Reem Abdulrahim  2 , Watfa Al-Mamari  1 , Andy Shih  3 , Marios Kantaris  4
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A SWOT analysis of parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder: Oman as a Regional Model

Ahmed B Idris et al. Int J Dev Disabil. .

Abstract

The prevalence of autism in the Arabian Gulf region is on the rise leading to overstretching of the pre-existing intervention services. The World Health Organization Caregiver Skills Training Program is a novel renovation being studied around the globe to overcome the scarcity of resources, improve autistic children's outcome and empower parents with comparable results to therapist-based models. Recently, Oman achieved great success in advocating for autism and initiated the first screening program for autism in the region. This review aims to use a Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis matrix to investigate the potential for using a parent-mediated intervention program as a supplementary approach to the currently used therapist-based intervention model in the country as an example for Gulf region.

Keywords: SWOT analysis; autism spectrum disorder; parent-mediated intervention.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

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