Abstract

CALLE SANCHEZ, Lisbeth Jhancarla. Proposal of program to develop coping capabilities in parents who have children with autism spectrum. CE [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.21, pp. 39-45. ISSN 2075-8952.

The work was aimed at parents with children with ASD, whose purpose was to provide strategies more adaptive coping because the effects that this disorder causes affect the family where the parents are the most affected by generating the appearance of problems emotional, psychological and social due to inadequately coping with respondents. The program proposal based on a cognitive behavioral approach that aims to change the negative assessment of the situation by the parents through cognitive restructuring was performed. To achieve this development program a series of divided into modules activities whose purpose is to provide information about the disorder, teach manage maladaptive behaviors characteristic of autism, achieve greater acceptance by parents and the family share the responsibility of the affected child with the parent.

Keywords : Coping; Parents; Autism Spectrum Disorder.