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Sanikan Wattanawongwan; Jay B. Ganz; Ee Rea Hong; Claudia Dunn; Valeria Yllades; Lauren M. Pierson; Eunkyeng Baek; Margaret Foster – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
There is a lack of services to support adolescents and adults with ASD in different areas including social-communication intervention. The purpose of this study is to conduct a meta-analysis determining effects of social-communication interventions in improving social-communication skills for adolescents and adults with ASD. A search of databases…
Descriptors: Intervention, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Adolescents
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Fuxin Lian; Gabrielle T. Lee; Yan Long; Weina Ma; Mian Wang – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) seem to have difficulty dealing with complex social situations, which is likely related to their challenges in understanding others' perspectives, according to the Theory of Mind (ToM). The purpose of this preliminary study was to examine the effect of multiple exemplar training (MET) on the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Theory of Mind
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Bahareh Afsharnejad; Melissa H. Black; Marita Falkmer; Sven Bölte; Sonya Girdler – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
A systematic review and meta-analysis were utilised to explore the methodological quality, program fidelity, and efficacy of social skills group programs (SSGPs) aiming to support autistic adolescents in navigating their everyday social worlds. The study evaluated the methodological quality and theoretical fidelity of studies, with a random effect…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Interpersonal Competence, Group Activities
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Bastemur, Sule; Aslan, Ayse Esra – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
Objective: The effectiveness of the Social Anxiety Program on Adolescent Twins investigated in this study. Method: The study is a mixed-method study using a one-group pretest-posttest design, together with the qualitative method. First, Intraclass Correlation Coefficient used to find out the concordance and differentiation level of the twins'…
Descriptors: Twins, Anxiety, Interpersonal Competence, Program Effectiveness
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Deanne K. Unruh; Keith Smolkowski; Jeff M. Gau; Kyle Reardon; Katherine W. Bromley; John R. Seeley; Lisa A. Strycker – Grantee Submission, 2024
This cluster-randomized efficacy trial evaluated the impact of the Ready for Wages intervention, a classroom-based social skills program designed to improve the employability of youth living and being educated in juvenile justice settings. Fifteen juvenile justice facility schools participated. Data were collected from 118 classrooms: 59 treatment…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Juvenile Justice, Correctional Education
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Deanne K. Unruh; Keith Smolkowski; Jeff M. Gau; Kyle Reardon; Katherine W. Bromley; John R. Seeley; Lisa A. Strycker – Journal of Correctional Education, 2024
This cluster-randomized efficacy trial evaluated the impact of the Ready for Wages intervention, a classroom-based social skills program designed to improve the employability of youth living and being educated in juvenile justice settings. Fifteen juvenile justice facility schools participated. Data were collected from 118 classrooms: 59 treatment…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Juvenile Justice, Correctional Education
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Patricio Erhard; Terry S. Falcomata; Molly Oshinski; Austin Sekula – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have persistent difficulty developing and generalizing social communication and interaction skills. Emerging research has demonstrated that people with ASD have benefited from strategies that embed multiple-exemplar training (MET) to increase generalization of social skills.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Generalization
William John Felegi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
According to the research, community mentoring programs can influence an adolescent's social skills, academics, and social mobility. Part of the reason for this is that community-based mentoring programs can provide training and understanding of how adolescents can address situations they may encounter. In addition, community mentoring programs…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Capital, Interpersonal Competence, Mentors
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Melissa H. Black; Abi Lilford; Vy Nguyen; Erin Walker; Haw Huei Wee; Olov Falkmer; Sarah McGarry – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Using games as part of the intervention and support process (sometimes referred to as 'gaming therapy') is an increasingly popular method of supporting autistic youth to develop social competencies and other skills because they are believed to be inherently motivating and fun for youth. Some emerging research has indicated that intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Game Based Learning
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Veytsman, Elina; Baker, Elizabeth; Martin, Ann Marie; Choy, Tricia; Blacher, Jan; Stavropoulos, Katherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) social skills intervention has demonstrated effectiveness for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, studies have been limited by a lack of objective outcome measures and an underrepresentation of Latinx families. This pilot study extends the PEERS…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Development
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Sissons, Jon H.; Blakemore, Elise; Shafi, Hannah; Skotny, Naomi; Lloyd, Donna M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effect of animal-assisted interventions on social functioning in children with autism spectrum disorder, based on evidence from randomized control trials. Included studies were articles published in English, with school aged children from 4 to 18 years with autism spectrum disorder. Databases…
Descriptors: Animals, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Children
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van Loon, Amanda W. G.; Creemers, Hanneke E.; Vogelaar, Simone; Miers, Anne C.; Saab, Nadira; Westenberg, P. Michiel; Asscher, Jessica J. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Given that high levels of stress during adolescence are associated with negative consequences, it is important that adolescents with psychological needs are supported at an early stage, for instance with interventions at school. However, knowledge about the potential of school-based programs targeting adolescents with psychological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Program Effectiveness, Skill Development, Interpersonal Competence
Jessica Ann Donaldson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Social Thinking® Social Behavior Mapping (SBM) on adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. A pretest-posttest control group design with matched sampling was used. There were 22 participants between the ages of 13 and 17 who were matched by age and IQ and then were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Behavior, Intervention
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Zheng, Shuting; Kim, Hosanna; Salzman, Emma; Ankenman, Katy; Bent, Stephen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
UCLA PEERS® for Adolescents is a widely applied program among a number of social skills training programs developed over the years. We synthesized current research evidence on the PEERS program to evaluate the treatment effect on four commonly used outcome measures. 12 studies met inclusion criteria for the review and nine met the criteria for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
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Elsa Ribeiro-Silva; Catarina Amorim – Educational Studies, 2024
This project, entitled B-FREE, was designed to develop personal and social skills in adolescents deprived of their liberty. The aim was to facilitate future social inclusion by transforming the participants' behaviour and self-responsibility for their actions, through Physical Education classes based on Hellison's Teaching Personal and Social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons, Juvenile Justice
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