01-05-2007 | Original Paper | Uitgave 5/2007
Use of Autism-Related Services by Families and Children
- Tijdschrift:
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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Uitgave 5/2007
- Auteurs:
- Kathleen C. Thomas, Joseph P. Morrissey, Carolyn McLaurin
Abstract
This paper describes approaches to care and associated service use by families with a child with autism. A combined telephone and self-administered survey was completed by 301 families with a child, 8 years old or younger, in North Carolina, during the winter of 2003–2004. Findings indicate that 66% of families used one or more approach to care and there was a significant (p < 0.05) association between approach and the pattern of service use. There appears to be a distinctive set of services associated with each approach to care, but with overlap between them. Speech/language therapy at school was the most frequently used service and also identified as the best service. The majority (81%) of families reported they were satisfied with services.