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Item Effect of yoga on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in special school environments(SVYASA, 2022-12-22) Sindhu Shanker; Balaram PradhanBACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the most common neurodevelopmental disorder, refers to a group of disorders distinctly characterized by core symptoms of deficits in social communication and interaction and restrictive, repetitive behaviors. Other psychological and physiological comorbidities frequently accompany this disorder. As a heterogeneous condition, ASD ranges from mild to severe across a continuum with varying degrees of impairments in functioning involving communication, cognition, language, behavior, and other health conditions. Autism severity defines the level of support needed by the children for their day-to-day functioning. This disorder is increasingly reported amongst school-age children in India, where many children with ASD attend special schools to receive support for learning basic functional and academic skills. Most of the major challenges associated with children in school environments include social skills deficits and problem behaviors. Other common physiological conditions prevalent in children with ASD are poor motor proficiency, food and digestion problems, and sleep disorders. Such challenges usually manifest in the form of various behavioral issues and chronic stress, significantly affecting learning in school environments. Yoga is recognized as a mind-body intervention that promotes physical, physiological, and psychological well-being in children with ASD and aids in the reduction of many autism-related symptoms. Yoga classes as group intervention for the children with ASD within the familiar and conductive school environment benefit all children by providing a consistent opportunity for participation to all students. Evidence-based studies suggest that yoga can be an effective alternative mind-body intervention that positively impacts various aspects of autism. 6 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aims and objectives of the present study were to assess the effect of yoga on children with ASD across four special schools: - Autism severity - Social skills deficits - Problem behaviors - Motor proficiency - Food and digestion problems - Sleep disorders - Evaluate the feasibility of conducting a regular group yoga intervention for children with ASD in special school environments METHODS A total of 43 children with ASD from 4 special schools were randomly divided into two groups: the experimental yoga group (n=23) and the waitlist control group (n=20) based on the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) scores taken as a measure of autism severity as evaluated by the parents of children with ASD. Participants Participants consisted of 43 children with ASD having a formal diagnosis of autism under the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for assessing children under the Autism Spectrum Disorder. The participants consisted of male and female children (M: F=19:4) between the age group of 5-15 years across four special schools. 7 Design A randomized controlled open-label trial was employed for the study across four special schools to explore the effect of the yoga intervention as a daily school group program for children with ASD Assessments Autism Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2) Aberrant Behavior Checklist -2 (ABC-2) Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Brief Form-2 (BOT-2 Brief) Food and Digestion Checklist Sleep Checklist Yoga Feedback Checklist Intervention The yoga intervention consisted of a school-based group yoga program for children with ASD conducted on all school days for 12 weeks. The yoga program consisted of twelve structured yoga modules consisting of simple yoga practices compatible with the needs and benefits of children with ASD. The structured yoga program of 45 minutes was delivered by two trained yoga teachers in each special school. 8 Results As a group intervention, yoga was feasible to be delivered in special schools for children with ASD with high participation and performance responses. The parents reported a significant decrease in the yoga group compared to the control group in autism severity (p = .001). No significant changes were found in food and digestion problems and sleep disorders. The teachers reported improvement in the social withdrawal aspect of problem behaviors in children (p = .005), with no changes in social skills deficits. Yoga was found to positively impact the motor proficiency of children with ASD (p = .007). Conclusions The study has shown that it is feasible to conduct a regular group yoga intervention for children with ASD in terms of participation and performance responses. The study has demonstrated that children with ASD have benefitted in many aspects, such as autism severity, problem behaviors, and motor proficiency, with a carefully planned intervention suited for special school environments. Thus, yoga can be integrated into special school environments for the holistic management and well-being of children with ASD.Item Efficacy of canons of expression and yoga on the emotion regulation among the caregivers of children with neurodevelopment disorders A randomized study(SVYASA, 2021-01) Jayashree Ravi Hegde; M. K. Sridhar; T. M. Srinivasan; Karuna Vijayendra; Deepeshwar SinghBACKGROUND: Emotion dysregulation is associated with the subjective burden of caregivers (CGs) of children with neurodevelopment disorders (NDDs) that lead the caregivers to high subjective burden, stress, depression, anxiety, and reduced caregivers’ appraisal, and quality of life. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the efficacy of holistic approach of canons of expression (CE) embedded in Indian aesthetic dance (IAD) and yoga on the psychological outcomes and electrophonic imaging among CGs of children with NDDs compared to control group. METHODS: Participants: A total of 101 CGs of children with NDDs (males= 2; and female= 99) were recruited from three Centers, age ranging from 21-65 were randomly allocated to three groups, i.e., (i) IAD group (n=33, mean age 41.71 ± 9.11 years) (ii) yoga group (n=34, mean age 41.03 ± 9.09 years), and (iii) control group (n=34, mean age 41.56 ± 9.09 years). Design: Three groups (CE, yoga and control) ; pre-mid-post assessment with randomized control trial. Assessments: The outcome assessments consisted of primary outcomes: (i) Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI), (ii) Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Secondary outcome measure (i) Revised Caregivers Appraisal Scale (RCAS), (ii) World Health Organization’s Quality of Life (WHOQOL BREF) scale were measured at baseline, 4th week and 8th week and (iii) Bio-Energy components through Electro photonic image (EPI) technique were measured for immediate effect at pre- and post sessions. Intervention: One experimental group received the intervention of canons of expression, and another group with yoga intervention scheduled for 75-min/day (3-days/week) spread across two months. In contrast, the control group was engaged in regular activities. Results: The IAD and yoga groups showed a significant reduction in scores of ZBS (P<0.001), DASS 21 (P<0.001), and improvement in the RCAS (P<0.001) and WHOQOL (BREF) (P<0.001). Even the EPI parameters showed a significant improvement concerning immediate effect (P<0.001) in intervention groups compared to control group and pre assessment. Conclusion: Two months of comprehensive IAD and yoga program is more effective than non-intervention on the psychological outcome and electrophonic imaging among the CGs of children with NDDsItem Effect of yoga on health related physical fitness and psycho-motor ability in children with intellectual disability(S-VYASA, 2019-11) Pise, Vishvanath N.Background: For children with intellectual disability (ID), fitness and overall newlinefunctioning is lower as they are not active during the course of school days and have newlineless opportunities to participate in physical activities available to their peers. Moreover, newlinethey show disorders at perceptive-motor development and coordination levels. As newlinecompared to other groups with disabilities, these individuals have more functional newlinelimitations in an adaptive behavior and motor function. newlineAim: The aim of the present study is to assess an outcome of yoga practices on healthrelated physical fitness and psycho-motor performance in intellectually disabled newlinechildren. newlineMethods: A Quasi experimental pre-post- design has been used for conducting this newlineresearch study. The purposive sample is randomly assigned into the experimental group newline(n = 35; 24 male and 11 female, age group mean ±SD; 12.37±1.43 years) and the control newline(n = 35; 19 male and 16 female, age group mean ±SD; 13.0±1.7 years) group by making newlinethe use of table random numbers. Both the experimental and control groups were newlineassessed on the first day and after 12 weeks of the interventions for health-related newlinephysical fitness, static balance, eye hand co-ordination, agility and reaction time by newlineusing standardized tests. The subjects of the experimental group then underwent a newlinetraining of yoga practices, under the supervision of a yoga expert for one hour in newlineevenings, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for a total period of 12 weeks. newlineThe control group did not undergo any yoga training during this period. However, both newlinethe groups continued to participate in their regular extra-curricular activities during newlineschool hours. There were 35 subjects in each group at the baseline testing. However, at newlinethe end of 12 weeks, there were 32 subjects in the experimental group and 29 subjects in the control group because of nine drop-outs. The drop-outs were due to reasons like newlinedisinterest, illness and absence during either the pre-test or post-test. newlineResults: Health Related Physical Fitness:Item EFFICACY OF STRUCTURED YOGA INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD): AN EXPLORATORY STUDY(S-VYASA, 2017-10) NARASINGHARAO, KUMAR; PRADHAN, BALRAM; NAVANEETHAM, JANARDHANAAutism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, highly prevalent among the children all over the world. Autism is one of the pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) a group of conditions that also includes Asperger syndrome, PDD not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett syndrome, and childhood disintegrative disorder. Autism spectrum disorder affects individual suffer from lack of social communication, sensory integration problem, motor problems, combined with repetitive behavior, restlessness, sticking to sameness, with the very little attention span etc. In the latest development research indicates that up to eighty percent of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children suffer from sleep-related problems and gastrointestinal disorder (GI disorder) which leads to different types of digestion related problems, improper food habits which make them restless and manifests in daytime behavioral problems. Yoga was found to be very effective among all other alternative therapies for ASD children. Yoga was shown to be an effective alternative therapy for mental health with positive changes at both physiological and psychological levels. Extensive research has gone on using yoga as an alternative therapy for children with special needs. The aim of this study is to develop and test the efficacy of structured yoga intervention for children with ASD in special schools involving parents and teachers.