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17216559

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
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 .34 to .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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0162-3257
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1960-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Social skills training for adolescents with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article