Parental environment raising children with autism spectrum discorders

Abstract

The article presents the environment of parents raising children with autism spectrum disorders in inclusive settings. The psychological characteristics of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders, the relationship between parents and children in such a family, the difficulties of child-parent relationships, as well as the need for psychological and pedagogical assistance and any real support by parents in teaching the child socialization skills are considered. The effectiveness of all systemic work depends on the degree of well-being of parents, their readiness to educate and socialize their children. 76 parents raising autistic children participated in the study. The study used methods of psychological and pedagogical research: test-questionnaire of parental communication (A.Y. Varga, V.V. Stolin), questionnaire «Determination of educational skills in parents of children with disabilities» (V.V. Tkacheva). Reliability and novelty of the results of the study is confirmed by the use of methods of statistical processing of the results of psychological and pedagogical diagnostics. On the basis of the analysis of the results we noticed that parents overprotect their children, overprotect the world of the child, overly interfere in the world of the child, the dominant relationship of the mother to the child becomes the basis for the dominance of certain roles in the family.

Key words: parent, parental relations, child with autism spectrum disorders, psychological and pedagogical support, education, stress.