Autism Study UM

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From: mab2247@...To: badillo9@...Sent: 3/3/2010 8:16:34 P.M. Eastern Standard TimeSubj: posting

The authors also suggest (and this is a direct quote from the article page 7-8, "a caution in making assumptions as to how parenting is related to child outcome in this context. Differences emerged between diagnostic groups [the typical children comparison group and the ASD high risk group] in associationsbetween maternal sensitivity and children?s concurrent behavior problems, and between sensitivity and later expressive language growth. Evidence from the current study also suggests that the construct of maternal sensitivity itself may differ as a function of risk status, with sensitive structuring and emotional supportiveness less associated in families of children with emergent ASD as compared to families of children without eventual ASDdiagnoses"In other words, as i mentioned early we must use caution when interpreting these results. We have to take into account the context of ASD and that Maternal sensitivity may be different (but not less)for the ASD population because of the social, language, and behavioral difficulties of the disorder. One could argue that because of the social and behavioral difficulties of autism, maternal sensitivity may be expressed differently than a typical mother child relationship. For instance, the maternal sensitive scale was designed for a neuro-typical population and has criteria set for a typical child. However, children with ASD do not show the same play behavior patterns as typical children and therefore, they may have received lower scores on the scale than their typical population comparison group. In addition, the reciprocal social relationship with their caregiver for children with ASD may not be the same as well, so much more further research is needed.