Guiding families with children with autism

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Mental and physical strain of families with children with autism. Social exclusion, a reduction in competencies and abilities of self-advocacy, and a presentation of&nbsp; needs. Problems within the community where the behaviour of a child with ASD often degrades families in the normal functioning of the community.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The aim is to teach families with children with autism to present their problems and needs and to describe, defend and solve them independently.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">1. Needs analysis and support&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">2. Counselling for families - providing relevant, up-to-date info. on&nbsp; available services, experts etc.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">3. Guiding - reduce psychological burden of caregivers through therapeutic support, strengthening parental competencies towards adequate care for children with autism and strengthen the empowerment in crisis management. Brings the ability to present the needs of themselves and their children and integrate into society.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">4. Development of a methodology, with the aim of introducing this method to the general public, pointing out important topics and milestones in working with families, but also pitfalls. The methodology will be publicly available.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">5. Data collection</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Methodology: verification on a group of 5 families, lead through this methodology and in a control group of 5 families, which will not be guided. In this comparison, we will be able to point out the effectiveness and significance or insignificance of the method.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">We consider the achievement of a needs survey in the region of more than 300 responses cumulatively, at least 100 responses from caring families and 100 responses from experts. P</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">roject will support 100 families, and create one guidance methodology. The first crucial indicator is the change in the family system, especially for parents who will experience less psychological stress, will be able to actively address conflict and crisis situations through their own coping strategies that will not lead to cyclical crises or their deepening.</span></span></span></p>