ANKARA UNIVERSITESI EGITIM BILIMLERI FAKULTESI OZEL EGITIM DERGISI-ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, cilt.19, sa.1, ss.55-77, 2018 (ESCI)
The aim of this study is to examine the interactional behaviors of the parents who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in terms of various variables. In this descriptive survey study, the participants were 24 parents who have a child with ASD within 36-72 months-old age range. The data were collected through video records of interactions of parents and their child, and were analyze dusing a statistical program. The results showed that the parents who have a child with ASD had low interaction scores in the subscales of emotional expressive and responsive-interactional behaviors. Their scores in the subscale of guiding and success-oriented interractional behaviors were high, meaning that they are extremely success-oriented. It was not found a noteworthy difference in terms of the variables that ASD probability of child, child's gender, and educationa lstatus of the parents', during the mother-child and the father-child interactions.