PEDAGOGICAL AND COMMUNICATIONAL SYSTEMS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. PICTOGRAMS IN THE DENTAL TRAINING

  1. A. Adanero Velasco 1
  2. B. Gómez Legorburu 1
  3. P. Planells del Pozo 1
  4. V. García Catalán 1
  5. L. García Pascua 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Actas:
ICERI2012 Proceedings

Editorial: IATED

ISSN: 2340-1095

ISBN: 978-84-616-0763-1

Año de publicación: 2012

Páginas: 2926-2932

Tipo: Aportación congreso

Resumen

Autism is defined as a pathological entity that produces developmental disorders in which the social interaction, communication and imagination skills are qualitatively affected.The characteristics of this disorder at the dental practice are the difficult management and dental treatment in these children, making it necessary to establish a protocol of systematic desensitization to familiarize the child with the dental environment. One of the techniques used is the pictogram: a communication technique developed by Bondy and Frost based on shared symbols and images to teach children with ASD to initiate social communication.We have been treating children with ASD for many years in the postgraduate title IV Department of the Faculty of Dentistry, UCM. We have developed among the years protocols to communicate with these patients, so we were able to treat them in the dental chair.