Demand and evaluation on early intervention service in parents with child of autism

Objective To investigate the evaluation and related needs in parents with children of autism for early intervention service in Tianjin.Methods Overall 59 children with autism were recruited from 5 early intervention agencies in Tianjin.A self designed questionnaire was used to collect related information.Results The average score of the evaluation by the parents on the agencies were 81.07(standard deviation=10.73).The highest score was for "the responsibility and suffurance of the teachers" and the lowest score was for "the ratio of teachers and children".Statistically significant differences were observed in teaching enviroment,ability of teacher,effect of teaching and satisfaction between public agency and private agency(P<0.05).Conclusion The parents with children of autism are satisfied with the early intervention service in Tianjin.These findings must be taken into account in policy making to provide better and more support for the agencies.