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Tribune News Network
Doha
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) will organise a workshop to raise families and healthcare providers' awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and to enhance communication between families and healthcare providers to find unique partnerships to sponsor people with autism.
The workshop, entitled 'Communicating with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Individuals', will be held at Katara Cultural Village from April 29 to May 1.
A number of entities will participate in the workshop, including Qatar Autism Center, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Sidra Medicine, Ministry of Transport and Communications' Mada Assistive Technology Center, Hamad Bin Khalifa University's Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, in addition to participants from Oman and Kuwait.
Dr Nouf Mohammed al Siddiqi, the focal point of the Ministry of Public Health in the National Autism Plan and head of the ASD Communication Approach Workshop's organising committee, said a group of specialists from different state entities and Kuwait Autism Society will give presentations at the workshop.
"We seek to exchange expertise and data in ASD field, introduce the latest services and the health practices developed to help ASD individuals, enhance cooperation and communication between families and healthcare providers to develop projects to serve the ASD individuals and their families," said Dr Siddiqi
The workshop will discuss a number of key topics, including early identification of ASD children, parenting ASD children, early intervention by HMC and Shafallah, the role of primary healthcare centre in offering the services needed by ASD individuals and functional behavioual assessment for communicating with ASD individuals and enabling them to live independently.
