Abstract

The treatment of autisme in three years over show slower result because the brain was no longer growth so it was hard to be recovered. The aim of this research were to observe the relations of parent’s knowledge, educations and economic status on initial treatment of autism at RSJ Soeharto Heerdjan Jakarta. This study was an analytic cross-sectional study. 30 parents involved in this study which had taken by satisfied sampling. From all participants, 60% (n=18) delivered their children to physicians first when the age of children less than three years old and 40% (n=12) delivered their children to the physicians first when the age of children more than three years old. The result of Chi Square test, there was a significant correlation of parent’s knowledge on initial treatment of autism (P=0,018), there was a significant correlation of parent’s educations on initial treatment of autism (P=0,006), and there was no significant correlation of parent’s economic status on initial treatment of autism (P=0,461).