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- Title
Understanding Autism: How Family Therapists Can Support Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
- Authors
Solomon, Alexandra H.; Chung, Beth
- Abstract
The number of children diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. Parents of children with autism experience a variety of chronic and acute stressors that can erode marital satisfaction and family functioning. Family therapists are well-suited to help parents stay connected to each other as they create a 'new normal.' However, family therapists need updated information about autism, and they need to understand how family therapy can help parents of children with autism. Because having a child with autism affects multiple domains of family life, this paper explores how family therapists can utilize an integrative approach with parents, enabling them to flexibly work with the domains of action, meaning, and emotion.
- Subjects
AUTISM; TREATMENT of autism; EMOTIONS; FAMILY psychotherapy; PARENT-child relationships; PARENTS of children with disabilities; PSYCHOTHERAPISTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; OCCUPATIONAL roles; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Family Process, 2012, Vol 51, Issue 2, p250
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01399.x