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Title: Understanding the Diagnosis of Autism: Initial Counseling of Parents and Other Family Members.
Language: English
Authors: Morgan, Sam B.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 27
Publication Date: 1983
Intended Audience: Counselors; Practitioners
Document Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Guides - Non-Classroom
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Adjustment, Handicap Identification, Intervention, Parent Attitudes, Parent Counseling
Geographic Terms: U.S.; Tennessee
Abstract: The paper offers guidelines for counseling parents of children diagnosed as autistic. Initial sections urge caution on the establishment of such a diagnosis, noting widespread careless use of the term. Changes in thinking about autism are traced from its consideration as a psychogenic emotional disorder to a developmental disorder with cognitive impact. Counselors are urged to facilitate parents' understanding of the condition at the time of initial diagnosis. Suggestions for the initial informing session center on the use of interdisciplinary staff, ways to interpret the child's behavior, assurances that parents are not responsible for the child's condition, explanation of the child's cognitive and adaptive functioning level (with information conveyed on the child's relative strengths and weaknesses), and straightforward answers about long-range expectations (with emphasis on the tentative nature of the projections). Guidelines are also given regarding responses to etiological questions and reactions to diagnosis and recommendations for treatment and education. (CL)
Notes: In: Meeting Their Needs: Provision of Services to the Severely Emotionally Disturbed and Autistic. p36-61. Conference Proceedings (Memphis, TN, April 27-28, 1983). (EC 162 463). Print is light in parts.
Journal Code: RIEOCT1984
Entry Date: 1984
Accession Number: ED244453
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  Data: The paper offers guidelines for counseling parents of children diagnosed as autistic. Initial sections urge caution on the establishment of such a diagnosis, noting widespread careless use of the term. Changes in thinking about autism are traced from its consideration as a psychogenic emotional disorder to a developmental disorder with cognitive impact. Counselors are urged to facilitate parents' understanding of the condition at the time of initial diagnosis. Suggestions for the initial informing session center on the use of interdisciplinary staff, ways to interpret the child's behavior, assurances that parents are not responsible for the child's condition, explanation of the child's cognitive and adaptive functioning level (with information conveyed on the child's relative strengths and weaknesses), and straightforward answers about long-range expectations (with emphasis on the tentative nature of the projections). Guidelines are also given regarding responses to etiological questions and reactions to diagnosis and recommendations for treatment and education. (CL)
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  Data: In: Meeting Their Needs: Provision of Services to the Severely Emotionally Disturbed and Autistic. p36-61. Conference Proceedings (Memphis, TN, April 27-28, 1983). (EC 162 463). Print is light in parts.
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