Autism Clinic Report: Checklist for Diagnosis, Safety, and Procedures

The assignment focuses on creating a checklist for an Autism Clinic to aid in the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The report outlines the importance of the checklist in ensuring accurate diagnoses and patient safety. It details the steps involved in the checklist, including hygiene protocols, patient interaction, symptom analysis, and the subsequent prescription of medication and counseling. The report emphasizes the role of the clinic's employees in following the checklist and the potential consequences of using the checklist accurately versus partially. The conclusion highlights the significance of the checklist in providing a structured approach to patient care and staff safety within the clinic setting. The assignment also includes references to relevant literature on autism prevalence and related topics.

Running Head: AUTISM CLINIC
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Name of the student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
This assignment aims at creating a checklist and defining the roles and responsibilities that
the employee of the clinic has and how to use the checklist in order to diagnose the patients.
It also talks about tracking the safety of the patient and staff by following the checklist
appropriately.
Discussion
Autism clinic is a healthcare centre that aimed at providing proper treatment, medication and
counselling to people suffering from Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism is
a prevalent development disorder that are mainly discovered at the age of 2-3 years. It is a
severe disorder that makes it a challenge for the patient to communicate and socially interact.
People suffering from this disorder has their own way of handling challenges and has a
repetitive form of behaviour.
Checklist is an effective method of systematic evaluation of an individual. It gives a step by
step instructions to their employee on how to carry on activities in order to complete their
responsibility. Checklist for Autism diagnosis disorder will include the following:
 Wear a well cleaned and hygienic mask
 Make sure the hand and clothes are cleaned and sanitized properly
 Make the patient sit and comfort him with basic personal questions
 Observe the patient and analyse if he/she shows some symptoms of the disease
 Diagnose your patient well with all the necessary steps
 Prescribe him/her the necessary steps that needs to be followed and provide them with
another appointment after a couple of days
 Ask the patient to take note of other necessary formalities from the reception
 Greet them well and ask them to take care

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 Ask the person accompanying the patient to fill a quick feedback form in order to
record his/her experience and better the services
Employees of the clinic are supposed to follow the questions given on the checklist above
and diagnose the child accordingly. Above mentioned questions are some of the questions
that help in knowing if the child has symptoms showing autism disorders. The employees in
the clinic need to ask all the question in the order given and if the answer to the question is
YES then the box needs to be checked otherwise it needs to be crossed.
Once the checklist is cross-checked with the patient, the employees should focus on
evaluating the degree of severity of the disorder followed by prescribed meditation and
counselling. Consequence that would occur in case 5(1) will be accurate and authentic as all
the steps are followed whereas in case 5(2) the employee partially uses the checklist, hence
the result will not be 100 % accurate and may lead to incorrect medication.
Conclusion:
Hence, from the above discussion it can be concluded that checklist play a significant role in
tracking safety both for the patient and for the staff. Autism clinic provides checklist to their
employees so that a step by step process is defined to the employee to eliminate the risk of
safety and inaccurate diagnosis.

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References
Baio, J. (2014). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years-autism
and developmental disabilities monitoring network, 11 sites, United States, 2010.
Christensen, J., Grønborg, T. K., Sørensen, M. J., Schendel, D., Parner, E. T., Pedersen, L.
H., & Vestergaard, M. (2013). Prenatal valproate exposure and risk of autism
spectrum disorders and childhood autism. Jama, 309(16), 1696-1703.