Parent-Training to Support Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Abstract

Social inclusion necessitates educational efforts to be made to address everyday problems and difficulties. Researchers and practitioners widely emphasize the importance of training parents of children with special needs. Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder have been successfully taught to improve their parent-child relationship, increase communication skills, and decrease inappropriate behaviors, as well as to reduce their psychological distress. This paper presents the results of a survey carried out within the two-year project EXEC (Extending Social Educators Competences) supported by the European Union.

Online Training: An Alternative Solution of the Empowerment for Parents of Children with Autism

“…In supporting point of view, online training can greatly reduce the cost of parental training practices and expand the participants. It is also substantial to overview before implementing the online training programs such as the structure and organization of learning units, audience heterogeneity, technology literacy, participation of facilitators (Zorzi & Marzano, 2020). The impact of digital technology also affects the parents' stress level (Allen & Shane, 2014).…”