None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Parental acceptance and insightfulness has been found to be important to the attachment security and social and emotional development of autistic children. However, no research exists relating to developing parental insightfulness and acceptance in parents of autistic children. This study tests the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of a novel consumer-informed parent support program through a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the AutInsight program: a program developed based on insights from autistic adults and what they wanted from their own parents. The program seeks to help parents i) develop greater insight and understanding of autism from the inside out, drawing on the perspectives of autistic adults; ii) strengthen their relationship with their child; and iii) develop practical strategies for parents’ self-care. It is expected that at the end of the program, parents will develop in insightfulness and acceptance of their autistic children, report a better relationship with their child as well as develop greater strategies for self-care.
Interventions
Parents in the intervention group will commence a 5-week online group program (one 2-hour group session per week) aimed at developing parental insightfulness, parental acceptance, and understanding of autistic children (10 years and younger). Participants are allocated to online groups (approximately 3-5 parents) where they will cover the following topics over the 5 weeks: Psychoeducation about autism grounded in the social disability model and neurodiversity affirming paradigm, values-based par
Parents in the intervention group will commence a 5-week online group program (one 2-hour group session per week) aimed at developing parental insightfulness, parental acceptance, and understanding of autistic children (10 years and younger). Participants are allocated to online groups (approximately 3-5 parents) where they will cover the following topics over the 5 weeks: Psychoeducation about autism grounded in the social disability model and neurodiversity affirming paradigm, values-based parenting, parent-child attachment relationship, parental acceptance as a gateway to child acceptance, mindfulness, psychological flexibility, self-compassion. Activities such as mindful reflection of their own attachment history and how it applies to their current parenting and child-focused mindfulness and acceptance exercises will be engaged in. Sessions are facilitated by a registered clinical psychologist. Participants attendance will also be recorded as part of intervention adherence monitoring.
Sponsors
Jia Ying Sarah Lee
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be parents of autistic children (10 years and younger) living in Australia.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed