"Parents' Views Questionnaire for the Education of Emotions in Autism Spectrum Disorder" in a Greek Context and the Role of ICTs
![handle is hein.journals/techssj33 and id is 73 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal
Vol. 33, 73-91, July, 2022
ISSN: 2668-7798
SOCIAL SCIENCES JOUR NAL www.techniumscience.com
Parents' views Questionnaire for the education of emotions in
Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Greek context and the role of
ICTs
Irene Chaidi, Athanasios Drigas
Net Media Lab Mind - Brain R&D IIT - N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Athens, Greece/
University of Thessaly, Department of Special Education, Volos, Greece
irhaidi&gm ail.com, dr~aiit.demokritos.r
Abstract. International research highlights the benefits of parental involvement in education [1]
of children with ASD in parent behavioral training programs for children, and particular interest
is the involvement of parents in socio-emotional learning programs, an area in which people with
ASD, using serious serious digital games [2] and aiming for their emotional empowerment. This
paper presents the results and their interpretation, as they emerged from the completion of a
questionnaire regarding the views of parents' participation in an educational intervention
program to strengthen the emotional intelligence of people with ASD.
Keywords. Parent Involvement, Socio-Emotional Learning, ASD
1.1 Introduction
The active participation of parents in the diagnostic and therapeutic process of children
with ASD is considered by experts to be an important factor in the long-term education of
people with ASD [3]. According to relevant literature reports, on the benefits of parental
education, researchers [1] highlight the positive effects of parental behavior training programs
for children with developmental disabilities, although the findings related to child
communication and their socio-emotional skills as well as parent-child interactions were
unclear [4].
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong developmental disorder that prevents people
from properly understanding what they see, hear, and generally feel, resulting in serious
problems in their social relationships, communication, and behavior [5] and present:
1. Difficulties in communication and language
2. The limited, stereotypical, repetitive repertoire of activities and interests
3. Behavioral interests and preoccupations prevail in the behavior
4. Quality difficulties in social understanding, and emotional reciprocity
5. Heterogeneous development of cognitive functions
6. Inconsistent processing of sensory intakes.
The findings of indicative research [6] show that the parents of people with autism want
security, appropriate treatment, treatment with respect and dignity, understanding of their
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