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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Parents of children with ASD"”.
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Parent peer coaching program: A cascading training and coaching of parents of children with ASD in Mongolia, a low-resource setting
Parents of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in low-resource settings have reported exacerbated difficulties related to raising their children. In this single case research using multiple probe design, four parent coaches and five novice parents and their children with ASD in Mongolia …
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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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A Parent Consultation Group For Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed Methodological Study
<p>Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are known have higher levels of negative stress than parents of children without a chronic illness. These parents' roles and routines are also impacted since the many demands made by their children put them at greater risk of occupational …
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Understanding the Appropriate Methods of Knowledge Translation for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Context of Pakistan
Early development of service delivery in a large country with many competing demands on resources needs careful consideration. Assessing the setting and needs of the target audience prior to service delivery is important for knowledge-translation initiatives to succeed even in developed countries. …
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Internet use among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are uniquely stressed by the difficult behaviors of their children which often result in isolation, depression and financial burden. The causes of ASD are not well-understood but are believed to result from a complex interplay between genetic …
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Relationships and predictions of marital quality and stress among African American parents of children with and without autism spectrum disorder
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the most rapidly growing childhood disability in America, affects people of all ethnicities, social classes, and genders. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) not only impacts the person who is diagnosed, but the entire family system. For instance, parenting a child with …
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Needs Assessment of Parent Training Programs for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using a Phenomenological Approach
<p>Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often associated with high stress, depression, anxiety, and reduced quality of life due to the ongoing nature of care (Seltzer, Krauss, Orsmond & Vestal, 2001; Evans, 2010). To remediate the difficulties that parents of children with ASD …
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Fostering Advocacy, Communication, Empowerment, and Support (FACES) for African American families of children with autism: a pilot study
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families often face challenges with accessing early intervention and related services. African American children face additional challenges due to disparities in diagnoses and access to services. These disparities present a great need for …
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Viewing the World Through the Lens of 'Normal': The Perceptions of Children with ASD and Sport
… specifically, the sport providers process of meaning-making about children with ASD and sport as well as efforts to create adaptive outcomes for children with ASD in sport. The emergent model demonstrates that the ways in which sport providers perceived sport, children with ASD, and parents …
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Parent satisfaction with school services for children with autism spectrum disorders: the meaning of satisfaction
… the literature by examining parent satisfaction with the school services that their young children with ASD are receiving, using a mixed methods approach that includes interview and survey methodology. Sixteen parents of children with ASD participated in the study. The results reveal that …
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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 Depression and Child Behavior Problems: A Closer Examination
<p>Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have higher rates of depressive symptoms, and parental depressive symptoms are strongly associated with problem behaviors in children. However, the direction of effect between parental depression and child behavior problems is unclear. …
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EXAMINING WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND PARENTING STRESS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER THROUGH THE LENS OF BOUNDARY AND CONSERVATIONS OF RESOURCES THEORIES
<p>Understanding the challenges parents of children with disabilities face when seeking to balance work and family is a real concern; however, these challenges have not been well studied. Parents of children with disabilities experience excess challenges in the home domain as a result of their …
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The Effect of Mindfulness on Stress in Mothers of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Emotion Regulation Framework
Parents, especially mothers, of a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are more likely to experience higher levels of stress, and adaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as mindfulness and acceptance, may decrease stress among parents of children with ASD. Research has shown that …
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Factors that Contribute to Life Satisfaction of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Trinidad & Tobago
<p>Problem</p> <p>The goal of the study was to understand factors contributing to life satisfaction of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the perspective of positive psychology. The challenges of parenting a child with ASD have been documented extensively, with these …
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Service delivery and its implications for quality of life in Autism Spectrum Disorder
… Previously published studies suggest that adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and parents of ASD-diagnosed children experience, independently, poor quality of life (QoL) and poor service delivery. However, few extant studies investigate possible associations between service delivery …
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AAC use by children with ASD and their AAC co-pilots
… approach, this study explored the perspectives of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on their child’s use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Deemed “AAC co-pilots” by this study, these parents play a crucial role in their children’s daily AAC use, yet their …
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Identifying Supports For Parents Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
<p>Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) lack social and communication skills, leading to challenging behaviors. This impacts family functioning and can lead to parents being isolated and feeling stressed (Russa, Matthews, & Owen-DeSchryver, 2014). The parents of these children must learn …
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Families with Children with Autism, Developmental Delay, and Typical Development: The Relationships of Parenting Self-Efficacy, Parenting Strategies, and Child Problem Behaviour
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and developmental delays (DD) may experience more child problem behaviours, report lower parenting selfefficacy (PSE), and be more reactive than proactive in their parenting strategies than those who have children with typical development …
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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 …
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