Abstract
The article demonstrates the insufficiently studied differences in the notions of behavioral manifestations in children suffering from autistic spectrum disorder among representatives of their immediate social surrounding, i.e. parents, psychologists and educators. We used methods of structured observation (D. Stott’s observation chart), semi-structured interview (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale) and a communicative capabilities diagnostic technique adapted by S.E. Gaidukevich, V. Geisler, F. Gotan). It has been established that parents tend to underestimate the symptom-load of dysfunctional behavior in their children compared to the assessments of these disorders by psychologists and educators. We also established that parents assess the development of most adaptive skills in their children higher than psychologists and educators. The study revealed that there is a low degree of consistency in the assessment of communicative abilities of children with autistic spectrum disorder by parents, educators and psychologists. The obtained data allows us to recommend the introduction of the necessary stage in the organization of psychologist’s training for work with a family raising a child with ASD: self-reflection of one’s own position in assessing behavioral manifestations, as well as coordination of ideas about symptoms of behavioral disorders in the process of planning and conducting developmental work.
Highlights
There is a certain delay in the development of practical training of psychologists for professional activity, which can be demonstrated using the example of psychological assistance provision to families raising children with autistic spectrum disorder
The data obtained using each of the three methods was compared in order to obtain differences in the assessment of behavioral manifestations in a particular child by a psychologist, a parent, and an educator
Stott’s observation chart, it can be concluded that on the part of the parents there is a lower assessment of strong negative behavioral manifestations of a child with autistic spectrum disorder than on the part of a psychologist and an educator
Summary
There is a certain delay in the development of practical training of psychologists for professional activity, which can be demonstrated using the example of psychological assistance provision to families raising children with autistic spectrum disorder. The prevailing position among Russian researchers is that deviant behavior of children with ASD is the result of synergistic interaction of various factors - ontogenetic, psychopathological, psychological, biological and social, which create conditions for social maladaptation [4]
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