Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities, 32(2), 241-256.
This systematic review investigates the provision of six social narrative interventions (i.e., Social Stories™/ social stories, social scripts, cartooning, Comic Strip Conversations™, power cards, and social autopsies) to improve social behavior and reduce aberrant behavior in individuals on the autism spectrum.
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See Tables 1-4 of the full article for the full Levels of Evidence criteria. Additional details regarding the quantitative evaluation can be found:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333;">Horner, R. H., Carr, E. G., et. al. (2005). The Use of Single-Subject Research to Identify Evidence-Based Practice in Special Education. <em>Exceptional Children, 71</em>(2), 165-179. doi:10.1177/001440290507100203</span></li>
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January 1950 to November 2018
Peer-reviewed articles
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Overall, there was a lack of evidence to support the use of social narrative interventions to improve social behavior and to reduce aberrant behavior in individuals on the autism spectrum. Results for specific social narrative interventions are as follows:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #333333;">Social Stories™/social stories (3 studies: Partially Convincing; 1 study: Not Convincing)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">Social scripts (3 studies: Partially Convincing; 1 study: Not Convincing)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">Comic Script Conversations™ (6 studies: Not Convincing)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;">Power cards (1 study: Convincing; 2 studies: Partially Convincing; 1 study: Convincing)</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333;"> No studies were found examining social autopsies or cartooning for this population. Further methodologically sound research is needed on these and other social narrative interventions to determine the true efficacy of these treatments for individuals on the autism spectrum.</span>
