Sibling Mediation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.v2i1.85Keywords:
Autism, sibling mediation, playgroups, social interactionAbstract
This study describes mediational strategies used by two siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders during social contexts. Two playgroups, including one child with autism, one typically developing sibling, and a third friend were observed during multiple play interactions. Interactional data between the child with autism and the typically developing sibling were collected and analyzed using video analysis and participant observation within a qualitative paradigm. This report describes four mediational strategies that the typically developing siblings used with the child with autism during play, including exaggerated voices, following the lead of the child with autism, use of semantic schema, and context clarification. Despite the communicative impairments of children with autism, siblings can employ multiple strategies to successfully mediate social interactions.
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Weisner, T. S. and Gallimore, R. (1977). My brother’s keeper: Child and sibling caretaking. Current Anthropology 18 (2): 169?190. doi:10.1086/201883
Wells, G. (1999). Dialogic Inquiry: Toward a Sociocultural Practice and Theory of Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511605895
Westby, C. E. (1990). Ethnographic interviewing: Asking the right questions to the right people in the right ways. Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders 13 (1): 101?111. doi:10.1177/152574019001300111
Wolcott, H. F. (1994). Transforming Qualitative Data: Description, Analysis, and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Wolfberg, P. (2003). Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum: The Art of Guiding Children’s Socialization and Imagination. Shawnee Mission, KS: Autism Asperger.
Yuill, N., Strieth, S., Roake, C., Aspden, R. and Todd, B. (2007). Brief report: Designing a playground for children with autistic spectrum disorders- effects on playful peer interactions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 37 (6): 1192?1196. doi:10.1007/s10803-006-0241-8
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2011-07-29
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Abendroth, K. J. (2011). Sibling Mediation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 2(1), 85-100. https://doi.org/10.1558/jircd.v2i1.85
