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Disrupted Care Continuity: Testing Associations between Social Networks and Transition Success for Children with Autism

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SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/socsci10070247

Keywords

continuity of care; social networks; autism; school transitions; parent engagement; lower income families

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  1. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [UA3MC11055]

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For children with autism from lower income families, the quality of team-around-the-child (TAC) social relationships during school transitions, including trust and collaborative problem solving, plays a crucial role in determining the success of the transition process. Trust within the TAC team was found to be significantly associated with immediate post-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 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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