Concerns of parents and teachers of children with autism in elementary school

G Azad, DS Mandell - Autism, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Autism, 2016journals.sagepub.com
Many consensus guidelines encourage parents and teachers to openly communicate about
their concerns regarding their children. These guidelines attest to the importance of
achieving consensus about what issues are most critical and how to address them. The
purpose of this study was to examine whether parents and teachers (1) agree about their
concerns for their children with autism and (2) when given the opportunity, whether they
discussed these concerns. Participants were 39 parent–teacher dyads of children with …
Many consensus guidelines encourage parents and teachers to openly communicate about their concerns regarding their children. These guidelines attest to the importance of achieving consensus about what issues are most critical and how to address them. The purpose of this study was to examine whether parents and teachers (1) agree about their concerns for their children with autism and (2) when given the opportunity, whether they discussed these concerns. Participants were 39 parent–teacher dyads of children with autism in kindergarten-through-fifth grade autism support classrooms. Each parent and teacher was interviewed separately about their concerns and then observed together in a discussion about the child. Parents and teachers generally agreed about their primary and secondary concerns. When given an opportunity to communicate their concerns, 49% of the parent–teacher dyads discussed problems that neither reported as their primary concern, and 31% discussed problems that neither reported as their primary or secondary concern. These findings suggest that interventions should target parent–teacher communication, rather than agreement, to facilitate home–school collaboration.
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