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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Parents of autistic children"”.
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Providing Telehealth Support for Parents of Autistic Children Using a Mobile App
… disorder that presents many challenges for parents and providers while impacting a child's developmental trajectory across several domains, including disruptive behaviors. Unfortunately, due to limited access and affordability of care, especially during the pandemic or other situations that …
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Exploring experience of autism among school staff and parents of autistic children, and the relevance of totalising and non-totalising approaches to facilitate understandings.
This thesis explored how the parents and school staff (teachers and teaching assistants) of primary aged autistic children understand and experience autism, including observation of the children they care for and educate. Totalising was used as a framework for conceptualising their understanding …
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Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Affiliate Stigma among Asian and White Parents of Children with Autism in the United States
… stress and its predictors among Asian and White parents of autistic children in the United States, with particular attention to parents' race and nativity. In total, 125 parents of autistic children in the United States completed a one-time online survey. Findings revealed that foreign-born Asian …
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A study investigating parental obsessive-compulsive disorder of children with autism
… study intended to look at the relationship of obsessive compulsiveness between parents of autistic children and parents of non-autistic children. A screening instrument in the form of a questionnaire was used to screen for traits and characteristics of obsessive compulsive disorder. A sample …
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A phenomenological study of parents of autistic children’s experiences with safety
… a complex disorder with varying presentations. Autistic children are most often cared for by parents who, at the time their child is diagnosed, are overwhelmed and have limited knowledge of autism and the potential safety issues that exist. Safety may not be an immediate consideration while they …
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Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Measure Validation Study
… disorder (ASD) is associated with a variety of physical, mental, and behavioral healthcare needs. However, parents of autistic children consistently report difficulty accessing necessary services, and no instrument has been validated to assess and quantify these barriers for autistic …
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Comparing Developmental Trajectories of Loophole Behavior in Autistic and Neurotypical Children
… is a common strategy used by neurotypical children to avoid trouble. The use of loopholes requires pattern recognition, language understanding, rational planning, and goal alignment. A major marker of autism is difficulty with Theory of Mind and language tasks, making their engagement with …
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Evidence-based for whom? examining the cultural impact on treatment acceptability of parent-mediated interventions for autism spectrum disorder : a vignette study.
Parent-mediated interventions (PMIs) are a form of indirect intervention that support caregivers in managing challenging behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The effectiveness of PMIs may depend on treatment acceptability (TA), which can be shaped by cultural and …
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Speaking for ourselves: autism and barriers to early intervention services in Cape Town
… have been largely unnoticed as a goal of development work despite disability’s economic impact on families and communities, and the associated discrimination, stigmatisation and exclusion. Education has been identified as an essential building block of human and economic development, …
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The Perceived Needs of Parents of Children with Autism: Social, Economic, and Demographic Correlates
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived needs of parents with children with autism and compare their needs with several social, economic, and demographic variables. A convenience sample of 86 families, whose children had been diagnosed with autism at the University Affiliated …
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Lived experiences of parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder in social interactions in selected schools of Lusaka district Zambia: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach.
… experience, let alone in social interaction with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The type of ASD in a child goes with its complexity and it often puts parenting skills to the test. However, with worldwide challenges parents with children with disabilities encounter, it was …
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Family functioning and coping behaviors in parents of children with autism
… autism affects the dynamics and coping behaviors of a family. A majority of studies on families with a child with autism collect information from the mother but not the father. Therefore, this study examined the involvement of both parents from a family systems theory approach, which compares …
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Parents Speak: An Ethnographic Study of Autism Parents
… ethnography documents the everyday experiences of the parents of children diagnosed with autism with whom I conducted fieldwork from April 2010 through September 2011. It describes the daily activities of self proclaimed "autism parents" living in Queens, New York, who tirelessly campaign for …
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Challenges and opportunities in neuroimaging and population modelling of autism and ADHD
… hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), using a variety of structural neuroimaging techniques. Autism and ADHD are heterogeneous neurodevelopmental conditions with complex underlying biology that is still poorly understood, despite efforts to characterise these conditions at the neuroanatomical level. …
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Perceptions of parents of students with autism towards the IEP meeting.
The purpose of the study was to investigate how parents of students with autism perceived individualized education program (IEP) meetings. I determined factors that contributed to the belief held by parents that their children were or were not being properly served by IEP meetings. Parental …
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Toward a systematic evaluation of evaluating favorable conditions in a parent training program: The pursuit of happiness.
Research has shown that parents of children with disabilities, such as autism, experience significantly higher stress levels than parents of typically developing children. It has been suggested that parent education programs, in particular naturalistic communication training, will reduce parental …
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Parental Mental Health: The Role of Parental Attachment to Their Child with ASD
<p>Research suggests that parents of children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) experience higher levels of stress than both those of typically developing children and children with other developmental disabilities. Parental stress may spill over into additional domains of parental …
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Parental Stress and Child Behavior Problems in Families of Children with Autism
<p>Background: Studies have shown that parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit higher levels of stress than parents of typically developing children or children with other types of developmental disabilities. This relationship appears to be mediated by elevated levels of …