Re: Some AU studies make you feel bad.

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Actually it is a garbage study. The study was based off of a few moments in time

to make a decision on how sensitive a parent you are.

It never finds out what happened before or after those moments in time. All this

study proved was that moms who did nt " Preform " the way the research though was

appropriate while around him/her where not helping their child.

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> >> > But I did Attachment parenting (Dr Sears) from birth to my son's 

> >> DX.

> >> > If this study is true then why does my child have a deficit in 

> >> speech

> >> > pragmatics? Attachment parenting is the gold standard for sensitive

> >> > parenting. When my child was DX at 5 I dropped Ap and did floortime

> >> > for 4 years then RDI/Floortime mix for 3 more years. Both therapies

> >> > based off of guided sensitive parent interaction with the child to

> >> > increase social abilities. I hate this study it just make me feel

> >> > like I did not do enough which is ridicules as what else could I of

> >> > done? It feeds right back into parents of kids with an ASD DX 

> >> have to

> >> > be super parents. I am not a superhero just a human.

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> >> > http://www.eurekale <http://www.eurekale> rt.org/pub_ releases/

2010-02/uom- ams022510. 

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> >> > Contact: Marie Guma-

> >> > m.gumadiaz@ ..

> >> >

> >> > University of Miami

> >> > A mother's sensitivity may help language growth in children with

> >> > autism spectrum disorder

> >> >

> >> > Researchers at the University of Miami show that maternal

> >> > responsiveness can predict language growth among children in the 

> >> early

> >> > stages of autism

> >> >

> >> > CORAL GABLES, FL (February 25, 2010)----A new study by researchers

> >> > from the University of Miami shows that maternal sensitivity may

> >> > influence language development among children who go on to develop

> >> > autism. Although parenting styles are not considered as a cause for

> >> > autism, this report examines how early parenting can promote

> >> > resiliency in this population. The study entitled, " A Pilot Study 

> >> of

> >> > Maternal Sensitivity in the Context of Emergent Autism, " is 

> >> published

> >> > online this month and will appear in an upcoming issue of the 

> >> Journal

> >> > of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

> >> >

> >> > " Language problems are among the most important areas to address 

> >> for

> >> > children with autism, because they represent a significant 

> >> impairment

> >> > in daily living and communication, " says Messinger, 

> >> associate

> >> > professor in the department of psychology at the University of 

> >> Miami

> >> > (UM) College of Arts and Sciences and principal investigator of a

> >> > larger study of infants at-risk for autism, which includes this 

> >> study.

> >> >

> >> > Maternal sensitivity is defined in the study as a combination of

> >> > warmth, responsiveness to the child's needs, respect for his or her

> >> > emerging independence, positive regard for the child, and maternal

> >> > structuring, which refers to the way in which a mother engages and

> >> > teaches her child in a sensitive manner. For example, if a child is

> >> > playing with colored rings, the mother might say, " This is the 

> >> green

> >> > ring, " thus teaching the child about his environment, says 

> >> Messinger.

> >> >

> >> > In this study, maternal sensitivity (and primarily, sensitive

> >> > structuring) was more predictive of language growth among toddlers

> >> > developing autism than among children who did not go on to an 

> >> autism

> >> > diagnosis. One possible explanation is that children with autism 

> >> may

> >> > be more dependent on their environment to learn certain skills that

> >> > seem to come more naturally to other children.

> >> >

> >> > " Parenting may matter even more for children with developmental

> >> > problems such as autism because certain things that tend to develop

> >> > easily in children with typical neurological development, like 

> >> social

> >> > communication, don't come as naturally for kids with autism, so 

> >> these

> >> > skills need to be taught, " says K. Baker, a postdoctoral 

> >> fellow

> >> > at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, who 

> >> conducted

> >> > the study with Messinger while at UM.

> >> >

> >> > For the study, 33 children were assessed in the lab at 18, 24, 30 

> >> and

> >> > 36 months of age. Some of the children had an older sibling 

> >> diagnosed

> >> > with autism and were considered high risk for autism.

> >> >

> >> > At the 18-month assessment, the researchers videotaped a five 

> >> minute

> >> > period of mother and child free play in which the mothers were 

> >> asked

> >> > to play as they would at home. Aspects of maternal sensitivity were

> >> > scored on seven-point scales ranging from absence of sensitive

> >> > behavior to extremely sensitive behavior. Children's language was

> >> > assessed at 2 and 3 years. At the 3 year visit, when the children 

> >> were

> >> > old enough to be evaluated, 12 of children from the high risk group

> >> > received an autism-spectrum diagnosis.

> >> >

> >> > The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Its

> >> > findings parallel previous treatment research indicating that when

> >> > children with autism increase their connection to the environment 

> >> they

> >> > do much better, Baker says. Understanding the benefits of sensitive

> >> > structuring in the development of language among young children 

> >> with

> >> > emergent autism provides scientific support for early intervention

> >> > programs that focus on parent-child interactions. " We know that

> >> > parenting doesn't cause autism. The message here is that parents 

> >> can

> >> > make a difference in helping their children fight against autism, "

> >> > Baker says.

> >> >

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> >> > University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our 

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> >> > and the world. www.miami.edu <http://www.miami.edu> .

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