Parent-Teacher Disagreement on Ratings of Behavior Problems in Children with ASD: Associations with Parental School Involvement over Time

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17

Institute of Education Sciences (ED)

R324A110086

Autism; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Classroom Environment; Severity (of Disability); Predictor Variables; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Kindergarten; Grade 1; Grade 2; Intelligence Tests; Cognitive Development; Young Children

Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Child Behavior Checklist; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence

10.1007/s10803-020-04675-1

ASD symptomology and behavioral problems pose challenges for children with ASD in school. Disagreement between parents and teachers in ratings of children's behavior problems may provide clinically relevant information. We examined parent-teacher disagreement on ratings of behavior problems among children with ASD during the fall and spring of the school year. When child, teacher, and class characteristics were considered simultaneously, only ASD symptom severity predicted informant disagreement on internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. We also examined associations between informant disagreement and parent school involvement. Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed that higher informant disagreement on children's behavior problems in the fall predicted lower parent school involvement in the spring, suggesting that greater informant agreement may foster parental school involvement over time. [This is online version of an article published in "Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders."]

As Provided

Yes

2021

ED611535