A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting

Anne Deckers; Peter Muris; Jeffrey Roelofs; Arnoud Arntz

doi:10.1007/s10803-016-2887-1

A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting

Anne Deckers^*, Peter Muris, Jeffrey Roelofs, Arnoud Arntz

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A social skills training (SST) for high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) was evaluated in an outpatient setting using a combined between- and within-subject design in which SST and a waiting list condition were compared. According to parents and teachers, the SST produced greater improvement of social skills than the waiting list, and these effects were maintained at 3 months follow-up. No between-group effects were found for loneliness, although in general scores on this outcome measure decreased from pre- to follow-up. The effects of SST were unaffected by social anxiety, ADHD symptoms, Theory of Mind, or desire for social interaction. Altogether, SST seems an effective intervention for high-functioning children with ASD that can be applied in daily clinical practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3493–3504
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	46
Issue number	11
Early online date	13 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2887-1
Publication status	Published - Nov 2016

Keywords

Social skills
Autism spectrum disorders
Children
DSM-IV
INTERVENTIONS
ANXIETY
INDIVIDUALS
LONELINESS
FRIENDSHIP
MOTIVATION
COMORBIDITY
INTERVIEW
SCREEN

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Deckers, A., Muris, P., Roelofs, J., & Arntz, A. (2016). A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(11), 3493–3504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2887-1

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Deckers, A, Muris, P , Roelofs, J & Arntz, A 2016, 'A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 3493–3504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2887-1

A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting. / Deckers, Anne; Muris, Peter ; Roelofs, Jeffrey et al.
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Deckers A, Muris P , Roelofs J, Arntz A. A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2016 Nov;46(11):3493–3504. Epub 2016 Aug 13. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-2887-1