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Exploring perceived social support and its impact on parents/caregivers’ resilience with a child/young person with Autism.

Please read the below information regarding research that you may wish to participate in:

Duygu Arican is a masters student studying MSc. in Education, Child and Youth at University College of Dublin (UCD) and is conducting research to explore perceived social support and its impact on parents/caregivers’ resilience with a child/young person with Autism.
Duygu is looking for participants who are parents/caregivers of a child/ young person who have been diagnosed with Autism and received this diagnosis at least 6 months ago.

Duygu will investigate the extent to which parents’ perceived social support systems are associated with their resilience when raising an Autistic child/young person. This study is designed to determine factors that may enhance the well-being of parents/carers and provide insights into that contribute to parents/carers resilience when parenting a child / young person with Autism.

You can access the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnq5tZZn-OVIGLR3sJz9VV7_I-yMwAZ8nB3_tn9TE4kT2QGw/viewform?usp=header

You can also view the survey leaflet here.

If you have any questions on this research, please contact: Research Supervisors:

Dr.Kate Carr Fanning e-mail: kate.carr-fanning@ucd.ie
Dr.Jennifer Duffy e-mail: jennifer.duffy@ucd.ie

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