Autism- Ch. 19

Question 1

What does receiving a diagnosis of autism or ASD lead to? Why is it important?

Answer 1

a) It leads to educational support and services for children, often leading to an increased sense of support for the parents as well.
b) Provision of such services may also produce a sense of progress or control.

Question 2

For parents who are not comfortable with a diagnosis or disagree with it, what should be the focus?

Answer 2

To focus on the individual child’s skills or lack thereof.

Question 3

What effect may social and communication deficits have on the way parents interact with their child? Why may this happen?

Answer 3

a) parents may decrease their number of attempts at interacting with their children over time, b) due to their negative experience of failed interactions

Question 4

What are two benefits the child receives when there is family involvement?

Answer 4

1) Increases the consistency of behavioral expectations across settings from school to home.
2) the child gains many more opportunities for learning throughout the varied settings.

Question 5

What benefit does family involvement have for the family?

Answer 5

Providing input, gaining knowledge, and learning strategies to support their child leads to increased social validity of the interventions from the parents perspective

Question 6

What does social validity refer to when they say interventions should be socially valid?

Answer 6

When conducting research, it is important to focus on topics and issues that are important to families,