Remembering together: Supporting personal narrative in children with autism spectrum disorder
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2020-09
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Dykstra, Deborah
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We are the stories we tell. Personal narratives serve important functions for people across cultures and ages, connecting memory, identity, social connection, learning and the meaning of our lives. The research is clear that people with autism spectrum disorder frequently have difficulty sharing and responding to personal narratives, especially in ways that encourage self-reflection and comparing their experiences with others. This contributes to the challenges people with autism already face in terms of social connection and academic learning. A large body of research has explored the effectiveness of teaching parents of at-risk preschoolers to support their child in collaborative narrative story sharing. Some research suggests that making these strategies explicit to parents of older children on the autism spectrum may also be helpful. This study found that after attending a 2-hour seminar, most parents did change the way they interacted with their children, and also reported benefits in their parent-child relationships.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Personal narrative, Language Development