Children's families with autism: opinion on support, parental satisfaction and social support services

• Grant number: 20/01031-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2020
• End date: July 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education
• Principal Investigator: Fabiana Cia
• Grantee: Luiza Laroza Selarim
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Family contexts are known to be fundamental for human development and learning, mainly for families of children with autism, because of developmental characteristics that they have. In this sense, the research objectives will be: (a) identify and analyze the support services, parental satisfaction and social support of families of children with autism and (b) relate parental satisfaction and social support with sociodemographic data of families of children with autism. The research design is descriptive and correlational. Approximately fifteen fathers, mothers or guardians of children with autism aged between three and eight years, will participate in the research. The instruments used in the research will be: Brazil Criterion, Social Support Questionnaire, Parental Satisfaction Questionnaire and a semi-structured interview script. The collection will take place as an individual interview. The collected data will be quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative data will include central measurement and dispersion analysis, and qualitative data will be analyzed through the elaboration of categories. To correlate the quantitative data will be used the Pearson correlation test. Results are expected to characterize the families of children with autism, in order to subsidize educational interventions with them. (AU)