A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING AUTISM AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS AT COMMUNITY, BENGALURU

Childrenoftodayare thecitizensoftomorrow sotheyneed to careby parentsandteachers. As a teacher may come across many children so easily, they can find normal and abnormalbehavior of a child. Autism is a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by impaired social interaction,communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Teachers can find this behaviorin schooland timely measures can be taken. In order to educate and encourage the teachers, to improve theirknowledge regarding autism, the study was conducted to evaluate the Effectiveness of video assistedTeaching Program regarding autism on knowledge of primary school teachers working in selectedschools at community, Bengaluru. Pre-experimental design, with convenient sampling method wasused. Informationwascollectedfrom50primaryschoolteachersregardingautismusingthestructured knowledge questionnaire. VATP was implemented and post-test was conducted after 7 daysto find the effectiveness. Regarding effectiveness of STP, the overall mean knowledge score in thepre-test was 38.1% and 79.52 % in the post test with enhancement of 41.42% and it was significant at5% level. Analysis of socio-demographic variables showed significant association between religion,professionalqualification,sourceofinformationonautism,teachingexperienceinyearswithknowledge score at 5% level (P>0.05). Overall findings showed that pre-test knowledge scores werefound to be 38.1% and after STP, knowledge of primary school teachers was enhanced by 41.42%regardingautism.HencetheresulthasprovedthatVATPwaseffectiveinimprovingtheknowledgeofprimary schoolteacherson autism.