“Does Change Last?”: Evaluating the Strengths-Based Intervention for Families Raising Children with Autism

• Authors: Olha Stoliaryk , Tetyana Semigina

Abstracts

EN

The study evaluated the effectiveness of the intervention for families raising children with autism aimed to improve the family’s quality of life, strengthen its capacity, and expand rights and opportunities. The experimental intervention was implemented at the Educational and Rehabilitation Center for Children with Autism “Trust” (Lviv, Ukraine). It had one experimental group (30 people) and two control groups (60 people). The effectiveness and duration of the intervention effects were assessed using a before/after study design with the same questionnaire. Findings from the survey evidence the effectiveness of the intervention, in particular, for expanding the family’s capabilities, its capacity, improving relationships in family subsystems, increasing parental competence, and improving well-being. Limitations of the intervention are discussed.

Keywords

EN

autism; parents; strengths-based approach; family social work; social work intervention

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 69
• Pages: 209-220

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Olha Stoliaryk

• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000311052861

author

Tetyana Semigina

• Member of the National Qualifications Agency, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000156771785

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2022.69.3.16

Biblioteka Nauki

2140610