Social Skills Interventions for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder
School Psychology Forum
Bellinger, J. M., Perlman, E. H., et al. (2011).
School Psychology Forum, 5(4), 141-159.
This systematic review investigates the effectiveness of social skills interventions for individuals on the autism spectrum.
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2005-2010
Published, peer-reviewed studies (not further specified)
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Video modeling, Social Stories, and visual organizers produced the most beneficial gains in social communication skills, however only a small number of studies examined these methods making it "difficult to interpret the meaningfulness and generalizability of the outcomes. In addition, although prompting produced a slightly smaller effect compared to the aforementioned approaches, this technique did lead to moderate gains across the various communication outcomes. Therefore, prompting may also be a promising technique for teaching social communication skills" (p. 144).
All treatments (i.e., scripts, video modeling, Social Stories, and peer-mediated interventions) led to gains in social engagement, with scripts appearing to be the most effective.
Role-play and video modeling had moderate to large treatment effects on social competence.
