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123He explains why
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this subject and
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particular topic in
terms of an issue
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Professor Greene
English 320
March 10, 20—Idea Sheet for Parent/Child Autism Study
I would like to study the parent-child home interaction/
dynamic between an individual with autism and his or her parents in
the student’s home. I would like to research different intervention
programs and interview the parents about their own programs with
their child, both home- and school-implemented, as well as observe
the parent-child interactions in both school work and natural daily
activities such as conversations and meals. I would do this by spending
at least fifty hours with the student with autism in his or her home,
both individually with him or her and also observing his or her parental
interactions. I would like to see how these interactions compare with
the research performed in this field.
The summer after my freshman year, I worked at a school for
children with autism for six weeks. I also worked at a research facility
that looked into the effects high vitamin and mineral diets had on
individuals with autism. The next summer, and during several breaks
in school, I worked at the school for a total of fifteen to twenty
weeks. My experiences there have spurred an interest in autism and
autism education. I’ve worked extensively in the classroom setting;
however, I’ve never witnessed the home setting for anyone with
autism. Also, I’ve heard many stories about parents and their different
mindsets and levels of involvement with their children, but have
never met any parents, except for one at the end of my first summer
working at the school. I want to interact with a student outside of the
classroom, as well as see the interactions between the student and
his or her parents.
Children with autism lack the social, emotional, and cognitive
(in many cases) skills that healthy individuals possess/have the
potential to have. Early intervention is a very important thing in a
child with autism’s life, since it has been shown that early intervention
can significantly help the child’s social, emotional, and cognitiveThe student
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