Social skills training for individuals with autism spectrum disorder is essential across the developmental lifespan. However, literature on this topic has historically focused on preschoolers and elementary students rather than adolescents and young adults. Adolescents and young adults with...
SOCIAL skills educationDiscusses the potential effectiveness of social skills groups for adults with autism and Asperger syndrome. Previous reports of social skills training; Description of a social skills group held at a hospital in London, England; Goal of the group to ...
Improving social skills in adolescents and adults with autism and severe to profound intellectual disability: A review of the literature. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2013;43: 594-615. doi:10.1007/s10803-102-1601-1.Walton KM, Ingersoll BR. Improving social skills in adolescents ...
Despite the psychosocial difficulties common among young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), little to no evidence-based social skills interventio
Group Social Skills Instruction for Adolescents With High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders Given the increased recognition of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the chronic and pervasive nature of associated deficits, there is a pressing need fo... Susan,W.,White,... - 《Focus on Autism &...
So researchers in Britain have made a child-sized robot to help children with autism learn social skills. The robot, called Kaspar, can improve their ability to communicate with adults and other children. Dealing with Kaspar is easier for most children with autism than communicating with someone ...
Social Skills Lessons in Pittsburgh, PA | Coach Wendy Halley-McAllister Provides Social Skills Training for Teens and Adults with Autism and Aspergers
Topics offer a bit of distance between the person and the new or difficult social scheme, and allows for frequent social skills practice at the individual’s own, comfortable pace. In Sarah’s case, she worked with teachers, speech pathologists, and her parents, with a fun story about ...
so it is critically important that we conduct more detailed investigations into individual differences amongst autistic adults, as we have done. Such autism research in adults will thereby start to reveal the many different ways in which we can understand and support autistic people right...
Social skills were studied in children with mild and moderate mental retardation with and without autism. The objective was to investigate the value of the CSBQ, as a measure of subtle social skills, added to a measure of basic social skills with the VABS, in identifying children with mental...