Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism
Children with autism situated in lower income families often receive intensive educational interventions as their primary form of treatment, due to financial barriers for community interventions. However, the continuity of care can be disrupted by school transitions. The quality of social relationsh...
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| author | Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick Wendy Shih Heather J. Nuske Sarah F. Vejnoska Samantha Hochheimer Deborah E. Linares Jonas Ventimiglia Kathleen M. Carley Aubyn C. Stahmer Tristram Smith David Mandell Connie Kasari |
| author_facet | Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick Wendy Shih Heather J. Nuske Sarah F. Vejnoska Samantha Hochheimer Deborah E. Linares Jonas Ventimiglia Kathleen M. Carley Aubyn C. Stahmer Tristram Smith David Mandell Connie Kasari |
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| description | Children with autism situated in lower income families often receive intensive educational interventions as their primary form of treatment, due to financial barriers for community interventions. However, the continuity of care can be disrupted by school transitions. The quality of social relationships during the transition to a new school among parents, school staff and community providers, called the team-around-the-child (TAC), can potentially buffer a child with autism from the adverse effects caused by care disruptions. Qualities of social relationships, including trust and collaborative problem solving, can be measured using social network analysis. This study investigates if two different types of TAC relationships, defined as (1) the level of trust among team members and (2) the degree of collaborative problem solving among team members, are associated with perceived successful transitions for children with autism from lower income families. Findings suggested that TAC trust is significantly associated with the outcome of transition success for children with autism immediately post-transition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f13fdf0ba9704fc4b41bbe49cee2689f2023-12-03T13:13:44ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602021-06-0110724710.3390/socsci10070247Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with AutismElizabeth McGhee Hassrick0Wendy Shih1Heather J. Nuske2Sarah F. Vejnoska3Samantha Hochheimer4Deborah E. Linares5Jonas Ventimiglia6Kathleen M. Carley7Aubyn C. Stahmer8Tristram Smith9David Mandell10Connie Kasari11A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USACenter for Autism Research & Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education, Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USACenter for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADepartments of Psychiatry, Psychology & Human Development, Davis MIND Institute, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USAStrong Center for Developmental Disabilities, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USANational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20817, USAA.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USASchool of Computer Science at the Institute for Software Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USADepartments of Psychiatry, Psychology & Human Development, Davis MIND Institute, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USAStrong Center for Developmental Disabilities, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USACenter for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USACenter for Autism Research & Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education, Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USAChildren with autism situated in lower income families often receive intensive educational interventions as their primary form of treatment, due to financial barriers for community interventions. However, the continuity of care can be disrupted by school transitions. The quality of social relationships during the transition to a new school among parents, school staff and community providers, called the team-around-the-child (TAC), can potentially buffer a child with autism from the adverse effects caused by care disruptions. Qualities of social relationships, including trust and collaborative problem solving, can be measured using social network analysis. This study investigates if two different types of TAC relationships, defined as (1) the level of trust among team members and (2) the degree of collaborative problem solving among team members, are associated with perceived successful transitions for children with autism from lower income families. Findings suggested that TAC trust is significantly associated with the outcome of transition success for children with autism immediately post-transition.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/7/247continuity of caresocial networksautismschool transitionsparent engagementlower income families |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick Wendy Shih Heather J. Nuske Sarah F. Vejnoska Samantha Hochheimer Deborah E. Linares Jonas Ventimiglia Kathleen M. Carley Aubyn C. Stahmer Tristram Smith David Mandell Connie Kasari Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism Social Sciences continuity of care social networks autism school transitions parent engagement lower income families |
| title | Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism |
| title_full | Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism |
| title_fullStr | Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism |
| title_short | Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism |
| title_sort | disrupted care continuity testing associations between social networks and transition success for children with autism |
| topic | continuity of care social networks autism school transitions parent engagement lower income families |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/7/247 |
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