The SST groups consisted of four to six children, led by two therapists, i.e., psychologists with at least a psychology master. The therapists received training in the SST by behavioral therapists before and supervision during SST to increase treatment integrity. We refer to the research ...
Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design, the current study tested the effectiveness of an evidence-based, caregiver-assisted social skills intervention known as PEERS for Young Adults with high-functioning young adults with ASD (ages 18–23) using self- and caregiver-report measures. ...
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Participants in these groups were individually matched on IQ (within 15 points) and chronological age (within 18 months). Girls and boys with autism were also individually matched for autism symptom severity (within 5 points on the SCQ scale). Participant characteristics and matching statistics...
Isolation in disabled teens. Kids with disabilities are often a target for others simply for being different. This isolation makes the teenager with disabilities feel alone, sad and depressed. On social media, people do not change their attitudes which means that this loneliness carries through at...
Student debt crisis: Solutions for an unsustainable system. The impact of virtual reality in education. How technology is helping students with learning disabilities. The importance of teaching digital literacy. The future of coding in primary education. ...
Dan Frankel and Napoleon Nelson, sponsors of the bill package, called on the Senate to act quickly to signal to all vulnerable groups that Pennsylvania’s state government stands with them. “The conflict in Israel has Jewish and Muslim Pennsylvanians feeling afraid – afraid to leave home, ...
(Communications & Information) a website that allows subscribers to interact, typically by requesting that others add them to their visible list of contacts, by forming or joining sub-groups based around shared interests, or publishing content so that a specified group of subscribers can access it...
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act creates broad standards of equal access to government activities and information for individuals with disabilities, which includes content distributed via social media, and establishes general rights to accessible information and communication technologies, which includes ...
For instance, LinkedIn helps find a job and build professional relations for more than 1 billion people worldwide. Facebook offers plenty of thematic groups and over 3 billion monthly active users to befriend with. Most social network apps allow sharing thoughts, uploading photos and videos. As ...