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- Title
An Evaluation of a Behaviorally Based Social Skills Group for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Authors
Leaf, Justin; Leaf, Jeremy; Milne, Christine; Taubman, Mitchell; Oppenheim-Leaf, Misty; Torres, Norma; Townley-Cochran, Donna; Leaf, Ronald; McEachin, John; Yoder, Paul
- Abstract
In this study we evaluated a social skills group which employed a progressive applied behavior analysis model for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. A randomized control trial was utilized; eight participants were randomly assigned to a treatment group and seven participants were randomly assigned to a waitlist control group. The social skills group consisted of 32, 2 h sessions. Teachers implemented a variety of behaviorally based procedures. A blind evaluator measured participants' behavior immediately prior to intervention, immediately following intervention, and during 16 and 32-week maintenance probes. Results of the study demonstrated that participants made significant improvements with their social behavior (p < .001) following intervention, and the results were maintained up to 32 weeks after intervention had concluded.
- Subjects
AUTISM; TREATMENT of autism; ANALYSIS of covariance; ANALYSIS of variance; BEHAVIOR therapy; STATISTICAL correlation; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PARENTS; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SOCIAL skills; SOCIAL skills education; TEACHERS; AFFINITY groups; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests &; post-tests; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ONE-way analysis of variance
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-016-2949-4