Describing the impact of the Modelo Sentido's® on the adaptive behaviors of children from
3 to 7 years old, on the autism spectrum and other associated neurodevelopmental
challenges, is extremely important for at least 5 (five) reasons. First, and most
importantly, improve the quality of life of children, families and professionals who live
with neurodevelopmental challenges. Secondly, parents need to be informed about the
efficacy and effectiveness of the interventions offered. Third, this type of scientific
knowledge is required by government agencies, public and private policy makers, as well
as prepaid and social works so that they can make informed decisions about what type of
intervention they should support. Fourth, contribute to the availability of a manualized
intervention program contextually appropriate to the strengths and challenges within a
low- and middle-income country, which could potentially be modified by reverse
engineering to apply to environments that require it in high-income countries. Fifth,
provide evidence-based data and know if the programs created through MS adjust to the
population needs and cultural particularities of our region.
This study will be carried out in three time phases, through scales administered by
health professionals to the significant caregivers (parents, grandparents or legal
guardians) of the participants: the 1st phase will be before starting the intervention at
the time of therapeutic admission, the 2nd phase will be after 14 weeks of intervention,
and, the 3rd phase will be after two weeks without intervention at week 17 of the study.
Modelo Sentido´s is a proposal for understanding and therapeutic intervention on the
dimensional complexity involved in neurodevelopmental challenges, which are a group of
heterogeneous conditions that are characterized by an alteration in the acquisition of
skills in a variety of developmental domains. including motor, social, language and
cognition, are associated with difficulties in cognitive, behavioral, social, academic,
and adaptive functioning; Within these, the autism spectrum is characterized by
widespread deficits in social communication skills, restricted and repetitive interests
and behaviors, and sensory difficulties that affect individual and family functioning.
This new conception of the Autism Spectrum (AS) and other Associated Neurodevelopmental
Challenges (ANDCH) has led to the search for more global, early, and intensive practices
that adopt transdiagnostic intervention approaches. The availability of manualized and
contextually appropriate intervention programs presents an additional challenge within
low- and middle-income countries. Despite these limitations, different studies are
conclusive based on information that allows us to trace a path from the theory of change
towards innovations. Worldwide. spectrum of autism care in low- and middle-income
countries, which could potentially be reverse engineered to apply to settings requiring
it in high-income countries.
Sense Model (MS) highlights in its processes the perspective of transcomplexity, which is
immersed in various metadomains of knowledge were psychology, anthropology, spirituality,
linguistics, ecology, economics, history, philosophy, among other.
MS provides a clinical practice framework that generates, drives, and sustains
interaction and collaboration between disciplines that converge in transdisciplinarity;
promotes understanding, reasoning, and intervention on the
Bio-Neuro-Sensory-Psycho-Social-Spiritual-Occupational-Nutritional-Ecological dimensions
of childhoods in AS and other ANDCH, of their significant caregivers and intervening
therapists.
MS focuses its foundations on three evidence-based frameworks; applied behavioral
analysis (ABA), sensory integration (SI) and psychoimmunoneuroendocrinology (PINE) as
main stress medicine (correlated with stress neurobiology). Which arise from behavioral
sciences, developmental sciences, neurosciences, and stress sciences. MS focuses his work
on the acquisition of adaptive behaviors/skills, driven by various research that confirms
that children with AD show adaptive skills in different lower domains compared to those
of children with typical development. Evidence suggests that interventions in children
with AD, beyond addressing core symptoms, should focus on outcome measures, such as
quality of life and adaptive functioning. Studies of young children suggest that more
responsive caregivers are more likely to develop relationships.