Supporting Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Grief and Loss

Hume, Kara; Regan, Tara; Megronigle, Laura; Rhinehalt, Charlene

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“…Esto puede perjudicarles perdiendo la comunidad de apoyo que se forma durante el momento de la pérdida. Diferentes trabajos han señalado que las personas con TEA tienen más riesgo de pasar por un duelo complicado en comparación con las personas con un desarrollo típico (Hume et al, 2016;Melhem et al, 2007). Las investigaciones realizadas sobre el tema señalan que en los procesos de duelo las personas con TEA pueden reaccionar de forma impredecible ante situaciones complicadas (p. e. generadoras de estrés o ansiedad) o hablar de temas que pueden ser percibidos por los demás como intrascendentes para ese momento (Gilrane-McGarry y Taggart, 2012).…”

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Factores determinantes del duelo en personas con discapacidad intelectual y Tea: revisión sistemática

Hermosilla

Robaina

2021

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Antecedentes: Históricamente las personas con discapacidad han sido apartadas de los temas relacionados con la muerte y el duelo. Sin embargo, existen factores que afectan e influyen en el afrontamiento que realizan ante una pérdida. Se precisa conocer cómo experimentan el duelo las personas con discapacidad intelectual y discapacidades del desarrollo con objeto de mejorar la atención ofrecida al colectivo. Método: Se ha llevado a cabo una revisión sistemática de los artículos científicos publicados durante los años 2013 a 2020 en las principales bases de datos. De 585 artículos identificados se seleccionaron 14 que cumplieron los criterios de inclusión. Resultados: La inclusión de las personas con discapacidad en los rituales funerarios, mejorar la comunicación y facilitar la expresión emocional se consideran aspectos esenciales para un adecuado afrontamiento del duelo. Conclusiones: Es necesario ofrecer apoyos adaptados al tipo de discapacidad, incrementar la participación y enseñar estrategias de afrontamiento adaptativas en los temas relativos a la muerte y el duelo. Para ello se precisa incrementar la investigación aplicada en aras de diseñar y poner en marcha programas de educación para la muerte y de intervención psicológica ajustados a las necesidades que presenta este colectivo.

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Robaina

2021

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“…The resources found for children with ASD experiencing grief were mostly books, and suggest these children experienced grief more complicated due to lack of adequate social communication and emotional comprehension [7][8][9][10]. Impaired social abilities in ASD could cause difficulty empathizing with grieving others and expressing their own feelings [11]. Having limited coping skills could exacerbate anxiety and depression [11].…”

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“…Impaired social abilities in ASD could cause difficulty empathizing with grieving others and expressing their own feelings [11]. Having limited coping skills could exacerbate anxiety and depression [11]. It is noted that reactions of students with ASD to death may be more intense if there was a strong attachment to the person or object lost [11].…”

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“…Having limited coping skills could exacerbate anxiety and depression [11]. It is noted that reactions of students with ASD to death may be more intense if there was a strong attachment to the person or object lost [11]. If the particular loss damage their routines, children with ASD could express rigidity with increased distress [11].…”

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“…It is noted that reactions of students with ASD to death may be more intense if there was a strong attachment to the person or object lost [11]. If the particular loss damage their routines, children with ASD could express rigidity with increased distress [11]. Lastly, using different characters in the videogames is found to facilitate exploration of grief and death in a bereaving children with ASD in a dissertation [12].…”

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A case report of a child with autism spectrum disorder grieving after losing her father during covid-19 pandemic

Uzunay¹,

Mutluer²

2021

J Clin Images Med Case Rep

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Background: Bereavement is one of the least studied conditions in children, especially among the ones diagnosed with ASD. Lack of enough understanding about what to expect from a grieving child with ASD complicates how to help them and their caregivers. Case presentation: In this paper, we present a 13-year-old girl with ASD who lost his dad recently due to myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic period while lockdown was implemented, and how that girl reacted to this adverse event. Informed consent is obtained from the mother. Conclusion: Grief of a child with ASD may be dissimilar to what is used to seen in other grieving people. However, similar to all bereaving individuals, psychoeducation and counselling should be prioritized for both the grieving children with ASD and their caregivers. Keywords: ASD; autism; bereavement; COVID; grief; psychoeducation.

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Treating Complicated Grief in a Teenager With Autism: When the Client’s Limitations Prevent Engagement in Therapy

Zakreski

2017

Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology

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Treating grief in adolescents is only further complicated by a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When the loss is traumatic, treatment becomes even more difficult, because mourning can be interrupted by the stigmatizing events of the loss, which leads to feelings of helplessness in the survivor. The case of 15-year-old Manda demonstrates a client with ASD whose traumatic grief symptoms do not respond to traditional approaches to treatment. Despite using therapeutic interventions targeted to clients with ASD and grief, 5 months of work based on complicated grief treatment (CGT) with Manda and her father has not led to any improvements in her suicidality and grief. In this treatment, her slow processing speed and cognitive rigidity seemed to prevent CGT interventions' effectiveness. Additional months using the neuropsychological therapeutic intervention of social medicine, education, exercise, diet, and sleep (SEEDS) by Arden (2015) has resulted in limited progress by helping Manda to develop some global skills in the areas that neuropsychology indicates support general mental health. After months of intensive work, Manda still seems unable to articulate or connect her feelings of loss to her sadness. Based on a literature review of developmental grief processes, Manda would be expected to be showing more understanding of what her loss means to her life moving forward and an ability to articulate the feelings attached to that loss. Until she is able to verbalize her feelings of traumatic loss, therapy will continue to be unable to significantly address her grief and integrate those feelings.

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Supporting Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Grief and Loss

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Factores determinantes del duelo en personas con discapacidad intelectual y Tea: revisión sistemática

Factores determinantes del duelo en personas con discapacidad intelectual y Tea: revisión sistemática

A case report of a child with autism spectrum disorder grieving after losing her father during covid-19 pandemic

Treating Complicated Grief in a Teenager With Autism: When the Client’s Limitations Prevent Engagement in Therapy

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