Supporting Families Dealing with Autism and Asperger's Disorders

Bradford, Kay

doi:10.1080/08975353.2010.483660

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“…The importance of clinical support services on functioning for families living with ASD has been documented (Bradford, 2010;Seligman and Darling, 2007). Clinical support services are a type of formal social support that increases well-being, knowledge about the disorder, family functioning, Resilience and perceived competence and reduces subjective distress (Bagatell, 2007;Bradford, 2010;Phelps et al, 2009b;Seligman and Darling, 2007).…”

Section: Implications For Clinical Support Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Clinical support services are a type of formal social support that increases well-being, knowledge about the disorder, family functioning, Resilience and perceived competence and reduces subjective distress (Bagatell, 2007;Bradford, 2010;Phelps et al, 2009b;Seligman and Darling, 2007). Therapists may also provide informative and emotional support, help the family respond to grief or confusion, act as role models, improve family capacity building skills (Pinkerton and Dolan, 2007;Russo, 1999;Wetherby and Woods, 2006;Woods and Brown, 2011) and encourage acceptance and even appreciation for an individual's or family's situation (Bagatell, 2007;Bradford, 2010;Seligman and Darling, 2007).…”

Section: Implications For Clinical Support Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Family-focused autism spectrum disorder research: A review of the utility of family systems approaches

Cridland

Jones

Magee

et al. 2013

Autism

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A family member with an autism spectrum disorder presents pervasive and bidirectional influences on the entire family system, suggesting a need for family-focused autism spectrum disorder research. While there has been increasing interest in this research area, family-focused autism spectrum disorder research can still be considered relatively recent, and there are limitations to the existing literature. The purpose of this article is to provide theoretical and methodological directions for future family-focused autism spectrum disorder research. In particular, this article proposes Family Systems approaches as a common theoretical framework for future family-focused autism spectrum disorder research by considering theoretical concepts such as Boundaries, Ambiguous Loss, Resilience and Traumatic Growth. We discuss reasons why these concepts are important to researching families living with autism spectrum disorder and provide recommendations for future research. The potential for research grounded in Family Systems approaches to influence clinical support services is also discussed. Family-focused autism spectrum disorder research: A review of the utility of family systems approaches Elizabeth K Cridland, Sandra C Jones, Christopher A Magee and Peter Caputi Abstract A family member with an autism spectrum disorder presents pervasive and bidirectional influences on the entire family system, suggesting a need for family-focused autism spectrum disorder research. While there has been increasing interest in this research area, family-focused autism spectrum disorder research can still be considered relatively recent, and there are limitations to the existing literature. The purpose of this article is to provide theoretical and methodological directions for future family-focused autism spectrum disorder research. In particular, this article proposes Family Systems approaches as a common theoretical framework for future family-focused autism spectrum disorder research by considering theoretical concepts such as Boundaries, Ambiguous Loss, Resilience and Traumatic Growth. We discuss reasons why these concepts are important to researching families living with autism spectrum disorder and provide recommendations for future research. The potential for research grounded in Family Systems approaches to influence clinical support services is also discussed.

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Section: Implications For Clinical Support Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Implications For Clinical Support Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family-focused autism spectrum disorder research: A review of the utility of family systems approaches

Cridland

Jones

Magee

et al. 2013

Autism

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113

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“…These findings are important for families, as they may focus on providing emotional support if they perceive their family member with ASD to be struggling with a challenging situation (Bradford, 2010). As an aside, the finding that adolescents with ASD did not identify emotional support as helpful as other strategies does not indicate they do not experience emotional reactions to challenging situations (Bauminger, Shulman, & Agam, 2003;Cottenceau, Roux, Blanc, Lenoir, Bonnet-Brilhault, & Barthelemy, 2012).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Further, dependency grids investigate the extent to which the needs of an individual are dispersed amongst others; which situations provoke help seeking by an individual; and which situations an individual may feel they have insufficient resources to utilize (Walker, 2005;Walker et al, 1988). The present study focused particularly on the adolescents' distribution of needs amongst family members, given the significant role the family plays in supporting adolescents with ASD (Bradford, 2010;Field, & Hoffman, 1999). In addition to exploring who the adolescents relied on, the study investigated the types of support preferred by the adolescents, including emotion-focused, problem-focused, advocacy, education, and social support.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, formal support services can provide practical support such as financial assistance and information whereas informal support predominantly provides emotional and social support (Bauminger, Shulman, & Agam, 2003;Phelps, McCammon, Wuensch, & Golden, 2009). Whilst support networks involve individuals at various levels of the community , the family provides the majority of support for adolescents with ASD (Bradford, 2010;Orsmond, & Kuo, 2011;).…”

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A Personal Constructivist Approach for Investigating the Patterns of Dependency of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Case Study of Two Families

Cridland

Caputi

Walker

et al. 2015

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

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. (2016). A personal constructivist approach for investigating the patterns of dependency of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: case study of two families. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 29 (1), 30-50. A personal constructivist approach for investigating the patterns of dependency of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: case study of two families AbstractThis research investigated the utility and practicality of dependency grids for capturing and presenting the dependency distribution patterns of three adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. The investigation also involved family members to explore their level of awareness of the adolescents' dependency preferences. The grids were analyzed using a range of measures, including the uncertainty index and partial order scalogram analysis. Findings indicate the adolescents had various ways of dispersing their dependencies among their resources and differed in the types of support most used. Additionally, family members differed in their awareness of the adolescents' preferences. The benefits and drawbacks of the adolescents' dependency distribution patterns are discussed, as well as implications of these patterns for family members. Ways in which dependency grids may be further used with this population in research and clinical contexts are also considered.Keywords two, families, study, case, spectrum, autism, constructivist, adolescents, approach, dependency, patterns, investigating, disorder, personal

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Characteristics and Quality of Autism Websites

Reichow¹,

Halpern

Steinhoff

et al. 2011

J Autism Dev Disord

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The World Wide Web is a common method for obtaining information on autism spectrum disorders, however, there are no guidelines for finding websites with high quality. We conducted two studies examining the characteristics and/or quality of autism websites in 2009 and 2010. We found websites with a .gov top-level domain had a statistically significant association with high quality websites and websites offering a product or service and websites promoting a non-evidence-based practice had a statistically significant association with poor quality websites. Based on our work we concluded that online information should not replace the information consumers obtain from professionals. Further implications for practice, overview of study limitations and future directions are provided.

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Supporting Families Dealing with Autism and Asperger's Disorders

Cited by 12 publications

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Family-focused autism spectrum disorder research: A review of the utility of family systems approaches

Family-focused autism spectrum disorder research: A review of the utility of family systems approaches

A Personal Constructivist Approach for Investigating the Patterns of Dependency of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Case Study of Two Families

Characteristics and Quality of Autism Websites

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