ERIC Number: EJ777813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Nov
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Social Skills Training for Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
Tse, Jeanie; Strulovitch, Jack; Tagalakis, Vicki; Meng, Linyan; Fombonne, Eric
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v37 n10 p1960-1968 Nov 2007
The effectiveness of a social skills training group for adolescents with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) was evaluated. Parents of six groups of adolescents (n = 46, 61% male, mean age 14.6) completed questionnaires immediately before and after the 12-week group. Parents and adolescents were surveyed regarding their experience with the group. Significant pre- to post-treatment gains were found on measures of both social competence and problem behaviors associated with AS/HFA. Effect sizes ranged from 0.34 to 0.72. Adolescents reported more perceived skill improvements than did parents. Parent-reported improvement suggests that social skills learned in group sessions generalize to settings outside the treatment group. Larger, controlled studies of social skills training groups would be valuable.
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Adolescents, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Training, Parents, Questionnaires, Effect Size, Improvement, Behavior Change
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