{"id":2681,"date":"2015-05-20T11:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T03:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2015-06-02T21:58:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:58:02","slug":"support-networks-for-families-of-children-with-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2681","title":{"rendered":"Support Networks for Families of Children with Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hung-Yan Sung<\/strong>
\nCenter of General Education & Core Curriculum\u00a0Tamkang University<\/p>\n

Family relations of children with autism perceived by mothers as social support networks were studied from an ecological systems perspective. Five mothers with autistic children were interviewed individually in order to reveal that, to what extent, the autistic child-centered support networks had provided with diverse resources. The significances of the internal family relationships between children and their parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives, and other caregivers were defined as the informal social support system. On the other hand, an ideal formal social support network was composed by a leading physician, with a team of members in social work, special education, as well as developmental psychology and therapies in all related fields. One of the major issues was to highlight the fullness of the support networks constructed by those members who were involved in the networks. The results revealed that mothers with autistic children were actively engaged in building up the extra-familial networks. However, the formal social support network was still unsatisfied with a lack of not satisfactory immediacy. It also indicated that father involvement was mainly related to the aspects of finance and transportation in family activities. Paternal care was encouraged to be expressive with genuine feelings and emotions towards the family. Siblings\u2019 coping and adaptation to the situation were varied by their gender and age. As long as the relationship was outreached from the inner family to the outer family, with the construction of professional support resources ongoing, the role of the expert of the outsiders was critical. A closing note at the end suggests that any policies made in the future will be expected to include the community support systems in a fashion of muti-dimensional network for family-centered services.<\/p>\n

Keywords: autism, family relations, formal social support systems, informal social support systems, early interventions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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