Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review

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  • OKAJIMA Junko
    Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Center for Child Development and Psychosomatic Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital
  • SUZUKI Shin-ichi
    Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University

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  • 自閉症スペクトラム障害児に対する社会的スキル訓練 ―欧米との比較による日本における現状と課題―
  • ジヘイショウ スペクトラム ショウガイジ ニ タイスル シャカイテキ スキル クンレン : オウベイ ト ノ ヒカク ニ ヨル ニホン ニ オケル ゲンジョウ ト カダイ

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This paper reviews literature examining social skills training (SST) programs for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The purpose of the present review was to highlight the issues pertaining to SST programs for youth with high-functioning ASD in Japan and compare it to those in Western countries. Thus far, seven published studies in the Western countries have been identified and reviewed on this aspect, while twelve studies of this nature were found in Japan. The results suggested that there is a pressing need to examine SST intervention, maintenance and generalization effects, test controlled trials and randomized clinical trials (RCT) and use social skills measures to identify the skill deficits specific to youth with ASD. In order to improve the treatment effect, the use of procedures including behavior analysis strategies when target skills are selected, involvement parent-assistance or contextual skills learning in the school setting should be included in program content.

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