Factors Influencing Culturally Diverse Parents' Service Decisions for Children With Autism: A Systematic Review

• In Event: Centering Families in Special and Inclusive Education

Abstract

Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) play a significant role in determining their children's service choices. Recent studies have identified explicit and implicit factors influencing their service decision. However, in these studies, recruitment efforts did not particularly target culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) minority parents. Hence, this systematic review aimed to assess factors related to service choices among CALD minority parents of children with ASD. Guided by the PRISMA protocol, the present study reviewed 31 studies on factors associated with CALD minority parents' service selection, and 15 factors were identified. The findings provide readers and researchers with a more focused perspective that previous systematic reviews have not adequately reported.

Authors

• Hui Zhang, University of Toledo

• Chun Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen