Making the connection: Randomized controlled trial of social skills at school for children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-439

  Kasari, Connie ^a   Rotheram Fuller, Erin ^b   Locke, Jill ^c   Gulsrud, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; peer relationships; school; Social skills; sociometrics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857190276     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02493.x     Document Type: Article

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