Abstract
The purpose of the article is to substantiate and describe the content of the training of competent interaction between specialists and parents of autistic children and training of competent parenting by the autistic children, and also - the prospect of the research of phenomenon of parenting for children with autism. Despite the annual increase in the number of people with autism, the problem of support of children with autism in Ukraine and in the world has not received sufficient scientific study, in particular - little is known about the methods of effective influence on the level of competence of parents of children and adolescents with autism and on optimization of social communication of parents on micro- and the macro level. Parents raising children with disabilities (in the conditions of transformation of parental functions), face additional problems in comparison with parents of standard-type children. Parental competence, in its modern sense, is characterized by the ability of the parent to perform parental functions in such a way that it promotes the positive direction of the physical, mental, emotional, speech, communicative, etc. of the child, under conditions the parent has sufficient quality of his own life. The main question of the research: what kind of parenting behavior and which parent's socio-psychological characteristics provide the positive direction for the development of a child with autism, and how the social environment at the micro-level (family, teachers, friends, acquaintances) and at the macro-level (civil society organizations, state organizations and services, public authorities) of social communication affect this ability. The article describes the system of support in educational institutions for children with autism and their parents abroad (USA, Israel), provides guidance to the administration of educational institutions on the competent relationship with parents of children with autism. Training of competent interaction of specialists with parents of autistic children and competent parenting for autistic children are described.
Highlights
Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a special type of functioning of the nervous system, that leads to a shortage of social functions, has a varied effect on many systems of the organism
The results provide preliminary support for the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an evidence-based interventions strategy for families of autistic children, which are critical for the transfer of such parenting to a systemic level of care, and in general, to improve the assistance to families of children with ASD
The research of parental competence with autistic children should answer the question: what kind of parenting behavior and which parent's social-psychological characteristics provide a positive direction for the development of a child with autism, and how the social environment as a micro-level) of social communication and at the macro-level) of social communication
Summary
Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a special type of functioning of the nervous system, that leads to a shortage of social functions (which is not primarily due to a decrease in intelligence), has a varied effect on many systems of the organism (cognitive, communicative, speech, sensory, basal systems (food, sleep, etc.) and requires significant and highly specialized care services in all spheres of life. The results provide preliminary support for the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an evidence-based interventions strategy for families of autistic children, which are critical for the transfer of such parenting to a systemic level of care, and in general, to improve the assistance to families of children with ASD Another special community-based parental education program for 12 weeks, which includes 8 training sessions using interactive techniques (devoted to game development, speech and communication stimulation, social imitation), is conducted for parents of children aged 18 months to 8 years and showed a significant level reduction of parental stress, an increase of parental affection for children and increase of communicative skills of children in comparison with control group. The research of parental competence with autistic children should answer the question: what kind of parenting behavior and which parent's social-psychological characteristics provide a positive direction for the development of a child with autism, and how the social environment as a micro-level) of social communication (family, teachers of pedagogical institutions, friends, acquaintances) and at the macro-level) of social communication Parent competence model for the education of children with autism and a scheme for measuring its indicators
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