Table 5.
Predictors of Teacher Communication
| Variables | Difference in general communication to the other person | Difference in communication about ASD | Difference in communication about problem-solving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||||
| B | p | B | p | B | p | B | p | B | p | B | p | |
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| Parent Education | ||||||||||||
| HS or less | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| More than HS | −.9 | .384 | - | - | −.4 | .202 | - | - | −1.6 | .414 | - | - |
| Family Income | ||||||||||||
| 45K or less | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Over 45K | 1.1 | .154 | .5 | .641 | .02 | .953 | - | - | −.8 | .769 | - | - |
| Teachers’ race | ||||||||||||
| Not White | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| White | −.9 | .196 | −1.8 | .153 | .6 | .273 | - | - | .4 | .863 | - | - |
| Parents’ race | ||||||||||||
| Not White | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| White | .4 | .627 | - | - | −.2 | .599 | - | - | .5 | .849 | - | - |
| Years teaching AS | −.1 | .404 | - | - | −.02 | .730 | - | - | −.5 | .316 | - | - |
| Difference in self-efficacy | .4* | .026 | .5 | .091 | .1 | .251 | - | - | .8* | .043 | .7* | .043 |
| Difference in expectations | .7 | 181 | .1 | .973 | .5* | .049 | .6* | .019 | 1.2 | .326 | - | - |
| Home-school notes completed | −.2 | .201 | - | - | .1* | .049 | .1* | .038 | −.2 | .508 | - | - |
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
Note. Ranges for the continuous variables are as follows: Self-Efficacy (4–20); Expectations (1–5); Communication to the other person (5 – 25); Communication about ASD (0–6); Communication about problem-solving (8–48)