Improving the Social Behavior of Children with Autism / Bridget A. Taylor -- Sunny Starts: DANCE Instruction for Parents and Toddlers with ASD / Shahla Ala'i-Rosales, Samantha Cermak, and Kristâin Gumundsdâottir -- An Evidence-Based Social Skills Group for Children with Autism / Marjorie H. Charlop and Melaura Andree Erickson -- Establishing Repertoires of Pretend Play in Children with Autism Using Video Modeling / Rebecca MacDonald -- Facilitating Social Inclusion of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder / Saara Mahjouri and Connie Kasari -- Social Competence: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How PRT Can Achieve It / Daniel Openden -- Key Components of Social Skills Training / Jed Baker -- Social Skills: Strategies and Challenges / Mary Jane Weiss.
Summary:
Social skills are a significant challenge for people with autism and typically become an important focus of their behavior therapy. The authors examine the most current and effective methods of teaching social skills to children and adults with ASD. They present various evidence-based approaches and include case studies to illustrate how each strategy is used in practice. The topics covered include how to train parents on increasing a child's engagement and play; how to distinguish social skills from communication/language skills; how to combine approaches in small group settings with typically developing peers; how to target core deficits of autism with Pivotal Response Treatment; how to use conversational scripts, video modeling, and peer-mediated interventions; how to employ naturalistic teaching strategies; how to promote and develop specific social skills; and how to collect and analyze data and chart progress.
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