Support for parents is an important part of treatment programs for children diagnosed with autism. Parent training programs have generally focused on prescribed goals in one-on-one training settings with measures directly related to the goals. Of interest here are the few studies that included collaborative goals, expanded measures, and group training. Benefits of such approaches include the establishment of natural communities of reinforcement and better understanding of the breadth of effects. The purpose of this study was to determine if a group coaching approach would be effective in changing a large range of parent and child skills. This experiment involved group sessions (presentations, discussion, video sharing, and problem solving) and three individual in-vivo coaching sessions. The intervention took place over the course of four weeks. Direct measures included a parent skills checklist and child target behaviors. Results indicated an overall improvement on most measures that maintained or improved at follow-up.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / 2031-01-01

by Lo Chu Yin-kwan. / Bibliography: leaves 138-145 / Thesis (M.S.W.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1984

by Wong Moon-Sing Benjamin. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 118-124. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / ABSTRACT --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 : --- INTRODUCTION / Importance of the Study --- p.1 / Nature of the Study --- p.4 / Quest ions of Interest --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 : --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Review of Related Literature / Conflicting Theorectical Interpretations --- p.9 / Time Perspective --- p.14 / Positive or Negative Growth --- p.16 / Parental Death versus Divorce --- p.18 / Any Personality Impacts ？ --- p.19 / Any Mediating Variables ？ --- p.20 / Local Research Findings --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 : --- EMERGENCE OF SELF-DISCREPANCIES -- A POSTULATION / Emergence of Self-discrepancies --- p.24 / Perceptual Discrepancies in Parental Images --- p.28 / Self-discrepancies in the Children's Conception of Future Sexual Relationship --- p.39 / Self-discrepancies in Self-development --- p.40 / Behavioral Manifestations --- p.43 / Developmental Considerations --- p.45 / Cultural Considerations --- p.48 / Uniqueness of the Study --- p.50 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 : --- EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION / Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.53 / Research Design and Subjects --- p.56 / Instruments and Measurements --- p.60 / Procedure --- p.70 / Statistical Analysis --- p.72 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 ： --- RESULTS / General Information --- p.74 / Major Findings --- p.77 / Supplementary Findings --- p.81 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 : --- DISCUSSION / On Self-discrepancies --- p.85 / On Adjustment Difficulties --- p.92 / Difference between the Divorce Group and the Problem Group --- p.99 / A Kellyian Interpretation --- p.102 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 : --- CONCLUSION / Summary of Findings and Conclusion --- p.112 / Implications and Limitations --- p.115 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.118 / APPENDIXES / Chapter APPENDIX A : --- The Chinese Version of the Survey Form on the Life of Secondary Students --- p.125 / Chapter APPENDIX B : --- Perceived Marital Adjustment Test --- p.135

Objectives: This study aimed to: a) investigate children's adjustment and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) and b) identify factors associated with, and predicting, adjustment and HRQL in children with ALL. Wallander and Varni's (1992) model of child adjustment was used as a theoretical framework. Design: A cross-sectional, within-subjects, questionnaire survey design was used. Method: Forty-four parents and 28 children participated. Parents completed questionnaires assessing child's adjustment and HRQL. A parenting stress measure, to collect data on likely predictors, and a semi-structured interview was administered to parents. Children aged 5-12 years completed a questionnaire assessing HRQL. Results: ALL was associated with poor adjustment and poor HRQL. Demographic, treatment status, child and parent characteristics and life stress were associated with adjustment and/or HRQL. Child characteristics (i.e. distractability, hyperactivity, adaptability), gender and parent characteristics were significant predictors of adjustment. Number of siblings, parental isolation and treatment status significantly predicted child-rated HRQL, while child characteristics (Le. acceptability, mood, adaptability), treatment status, age at diagnosis and life stress predicted parent-rated HRQL. Conclusion: Results suggest child characteristics, parent characteristics and treatment status, in particular, are important predictors of adjustment and HRQL in ALL. The findings are discussed in relation to previous research, methodological weaknesses and the possible role of cross informant variance. Implications for clinical research, the development of theory and future research are outlined.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University.