Supporting individuals with autism who self-harm: attributions, emotional response and willingness to help / Jodie WILKINSON in Good Autism Practice - GAP, 16-1 (May 2015)

Public ISBD [article]  inGood Autism Practice - GAP > 16-1 (May 2015) . - p.61-69 Titre : Supporting individuals with autism who self-harm: attributions, emotional response and willingness to help Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Jodie WILKINSON, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.61-69 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : In this study, Jodie Wilkinson, an educational psychologist, examines how support workers view self-harming behaviour in people with and without autism and how this then affects their emotional response and willingness to help. Her results suggest that support workers are likely to see individuals with autism as having more control over their self-harming behaviour and perceive it as being more stable. Staff were also less likely to prioritise, allocate time and refer a person to other services, to address their self-harm if they had autism. Support staff who attribute self-harm solely to the autism may miss signs that a person also has an accompanying mental health problem. The author suggests that staff are trained in mental health issues and autism and are made aware of attribution theory and how this can impact on how they view and respond to people with autism. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=257 [article] Supporting individuals with autism who self-harm: attributions, emotional response and willingness to help [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Jodie WILKINSON, Auteur . - p.61-69. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 16-1 (May 2015) . - p.61-69 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : In this study, Jodie Wilkinson, an educational psychologist, examines how support workers view self-harming behaviour in people with and without autism and how this then affects their emotional response and willingness to help. Her results suggest that support workers are likely to see individuals with autism as having more control over their self-harming behaviour and perceive it as being more stable. Staff were also less likely to prioritise, allocate time and refer a person to other services, to address their self-harm if they had autism. Support staff who attribute self-harm solely to the autism may miss signs that a person also has an accompanying mental health problem. The author suggests that staff are trained in mental health issues and autism and are made aware of attribution theory and how this can impact on how they view and respond to people with autism. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=257

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