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Laura Maria Fatta; Elizabeth A. Laugeson; Dora Bianchi; Italian Peers® team support group; Fiorenzo Laghi; Maria Luisa Scattoni – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The "Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills" (PEERS®) is an intervention targeting social skills for autistic adolescents and those with other social challenges. The efficacy of the PEERS® on adolescents has been extensively explored but the program has not been validated in Italy. In the present study, we adapted…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries, Intervention
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Ágústa Á. Arnardóttir; Laufey Á. Guðmundsdóttir; Dagmar Kr. Hannesdóttir; Freyr Halldórsson; Helga Auðardóttir; Berglind Sveinbjörnsdóttir – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Social skills difficulties among children on the autism spectrum can impede social, emotional, and academic development, especially with increasing age and social demands. This pilot study examined the efficacy of a 5-week skill-building program for children on the autism spectrum. Although effective social skills programs are available…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence
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Factor, Reina S.; Rea, Hannah M.; Laugeson, Elizabeth A.; Scarpa, Angela – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Social impairments characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are evident in early childhood and often worsen. There is a paucity of evidence-based interventions explicitly targeting social skill development for young children with ASD and few actively integrate caregivers. The PEERS® program, an evidence-based caregiver-assisted social…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children, Program Evaluation
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Fisher, Marisa H.; Kammes, Rebecca R.; Black, Rhonda S.; Houck, Kristin; Cwiakala, Katie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Adults with Williams syndrome (WS) display hypersocial behaviors and experience social skills deficits. To improve social outcomes, we evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week distance-delivered social skills program for adults with WS. Sessions were offered twice a week for 90 min. Twenty-four adults with WS…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Young Adults
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Sengupta, Koyeli; Shah, Henal; Ghosh, Subharati; Sanghvi, Disha; Mahadik, Sanchita; Dani, Allauki; Deshmukh, Oshin; Pacione, Laura; Dixon, Pamela; Salomone, Erica; Servili, Chiara – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The World Health Organization-Caregiver Skills Training Program, a parent-mediated early intervention facilitated by non-specialist providers piloted in urban India was evaluated using mixed-methods for feasibility and effects on child and caregiver outcomes. Caregivers (n = 22) of children (2-9 years) with social-communication delays participated…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Caregiver Training, Early Intervention, Urban Areas
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Mootz, Carmen A.; Lemelman, Amy; Giordano, Jennifer; Winter, Jamie; Beaumont, Renae – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
During the Coronavirus Pandemic, many have worried about the adverse impact on the social functioning of children with autism spectrum disorder. Telehealth-delivered group social skills programs offer one way to address this concern. This brief report describes modifications made to the telehealth delivery of the Secret Agent Society group social…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Caregivers, Interpersonal Competence
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Kuder, S. Jay; Accardo, Amy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This article reports the results of a systematic review of the emerging research on programs and services designed to meet the needs of students with ASD. For the purposes of this review, only articles that included data on program outcomes were included. A total of eight studies that met this criterion were identified. These studies included…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
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Chan, Raymond Won Shing; Leung, Cecilia Nga Wing; Ng, Denise Ching Yiu; Yau, Sania Sau Wai – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Previous studies on social skills training on ASD were done almost exclusively in the West with children as the main subjects. Demonstrations of the applicability of social interventions in different cultures and age groups are warranted. The current study outlined the development and preliminary evaluation of a CBT-context-based social competence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
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Jamison, T. Rene; Schuttler, Jessica Oeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
A majority of social skills research in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and interventions target school age males and no published studies target adolescent females with ASD or related disabilities. Females with ASD are at risk for internalizing symptoms, and experience greater challenges in socialization and communication as social demands become…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Self Management, Adolescents, Females
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DaWalt, Leann Smith; Greenberg, Jan S.; Mailick, Marsha R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Currently there are few evidence-based programs available for families of individuals with ASD during the transition to adulthood. The present study provided a preliminary evaluation of a multi-family group psychoeducation intervention using a randomized waitlist control design (n = 41). Families in the intervention condition participated in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Evidence Based Practice
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Koegel, Robert L.; Bradshaw, Jessica L.; Ashbaugh, Kristen; Koegel, Lynn Kern – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Social initiations make up a core deficit for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In particular, initiated questions during social interactions are often minimal or absent in this population. In the context of a multiple baseline design, the efficacy of using the motivational procedures of Pivotal Response Treatment to increase social…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Young Children, Autism, Communication Skills
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Laugeson, Elizabeth A.; Frankel, Fred; Gantman, Alexander; Dillon, Ashley R.; Mogil, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
The present study examines the efficacy and durability of the PEERS Program, a parent-assisted social skills group intervention for high-functioning adolescents with ASD. Results indicate that teens receiving PEERS significantly improved their social skills knowledge, social responsiveness, and overall social skills in the areas of social…
Descriptors: Autism, Social Cognition, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness