Antecedent Social Skills Interventions for Individuals With ASD: What Works, for Whom, and Under What Conditions?

Social skills interventions designed to increase pro-social interactions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders are critical, but the relative effectiveness of these interventions is not well understood. More than 250 single-case design studies in 113 articles were reviewed and described in...

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Published in:Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities 2018-03, Vol.33 (1), p.3-13
Main Authors: Ledford, Jennifer R., King, Seth, Harbin, Emilee R., Zimmerman, Kathleen N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Elementary School Students
Evidence Based Practice
High School Students
Intellectual Disability
Intelligence Quotient
Interpersonal Competence
Intervention
Middle School Students
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Preschool Children
Research Design
Social interactions
Social skills
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Summary:Social skills interventions designed to increase pro-social interactions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders are critical, but the relative effectiveness of these interventions is not well understood. More than 250 single-case design studies in 113 articles were reviewed and described in terms of participants, settings, arrangements, implementers, social partners, target behaviors, and treatment components. Differential success rates are reported, given the variation in study and participant characteristics (e.g., implementers, treatment components, participant age). Environmental arrangement, social skills training, and prompting were highly successful, and peer training, priming, and video-based interventions were less successful. More evidence is needed, particularly research including older individuals and utilizing indigenous implementers and typical social partners.
ISSN:1088-3576
1538-4829
DOI:10.1177/1088357616634024