Multi-method and multilevel assessments of interactions in families with autistic children

Introduction Treatments of children with ASD are mainly focused on promoting children’s skills rather than parents-child relationship. The impairments of communication and social interaction impact negatively on parenting, on child’s development and on co-parenting relationship. To date, new techniques of family observation allow to assess strenghts and weaknesses in parents-child relationship. Method The workshop will focus on multi-method assessment and clinical intervention to promote parents-child relationship in ASD. Two studies and clinical cases will be presented. Mazzoni and colleagues will present a study on co-parenting, aimed to explore quality of triadic interactions, co-parental alliance and interactive behaviors in a sample of 29 families with ASD children. A multi-method approach was used and three observational procedures were compared: the LTP, the CFRS and a microanalysis of mother-father-child interactive behaviors. Fachada and colleagues will present a study based o

The workshop are focused on multi-method assessment and clinical intervention to promote parents-child relationship in ASD. Mazzoni and colleagues have presented a study on co-parenting, aimed to explore quality of triadic interactions, co-parental alliance and interactive behaviors in a sample of 29 families with ASD children. A multi-method approach was used and three observational procedures were compared: the LTP, the CFRS and a microanalysis of mother-father-child interactive behaviors. Findings of this studies show the usefulness of a multi-method approach in order to assess the quality of family interaction with ASD children. Observational tools are useful to detect strenghts and weakenesses, helping parents to improve the relationship with ASD children through video-feedback based interventions.