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C18 - Do Mothers and Fathers of Autistic Children Differ in Their Play Strategies?
Children with autism have difficulty engaging in episodes of joint attention and social interactions, which are essential for language development.
C18 - Do Mothers and Fathers of Autistic Children Differ in Their Play Strategies?
Mentor: Paul Uramaya, Ph.D.
Children with autism have difficulty engaging in episodes of joint attention and social interactions, which are essential for language development.
Parent behaviors are central to child engagement, as parents use strategies to initiate and maintain attention, thereby facilitating social play interactions.
Research on parent–child interaction in autism has historically focused on mothers, with few studies examining fathers, creating a gap in understanding of how both sexes uniquely support child engagement.
Prior work suggests sex differences in parental interaction style: mothers being more responsive and fathers being more directive. However, no studies have directly examined how these differences manifest in attention-getting strategies, particularly across modality (visual vs auditory.)