1. Early student-teacher relationships and autism: Student perspectives and teacher concordance.
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Losh, Ainsley, Bolourian, Yasamin, Rodriguez, Geovanna, Eisenhower, Abbey, and Blacher, Jan
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TEACHER-student relationships , *STUDENT attitudes , *AUTISM , *MICROSATELLITE repeats , *RELATIONSHIP quality - Abstract
Early elementary students on the autism spectrum are at risk for poor quality student-teacher relationships (STRs), a key contributor to student outcomes. However, these students' own appraisals of their STRs are nearly absent from the literature. This study examined children's perspectives of STRs and agreement with teacher-reported STRs for a sample of young autistic students (N = 136; 5–9 years). Although a majority of students responded affirmatively to items reflecting positive perceptions of STRs (e.g., 80.7% reported liking their teacher, 75.0% reported being liked by their teacher), results also revealed that some students perceived negative STR experiences (e.g., 14.7% reported that they get angry with their teacher, 17.6% reported that they get in trouble a lot). Student and teachers' scores were not significantly correlated, suggesting that students and teachers may have unique perspectives on specific aspects of their relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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