Social Educational Skills of Parents of Children With Autism: Literature Review

Abstract

This is a literature review of articles about educational social skills of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Objectives: to identify, select and describe articles that characterized parental Social Educational Skills (SES) and perform a correspondence analysis between the behaviors addressed in these studies and the Social Educational Skills System (SESS) by Del Prette and Del Prette. Data source: articles published in LILACS, Scielo, PubMed, ScienceDirect and PsycoINFO, without period specification. Conclusions: There was a lack of studies in the Brazilian context. Nine English-language articles were found. All SESS skill classes were identified, with the most frequent classes Positively Monitor and Transmit or expose content about social skills. Correspondence analysis demonstrated the possibility of using the SESS in studies with parents of children with ASD, as well as the need for improvements, including behaviors evaluated and/or trained in this population.