A randomized controlled study of a social skills training for preadolescent children with autism spectrum disorders: Generalization of skills by training parents and teachers?

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dekker, Vera ^a   Nauta, Maaike H ^a,b   Mulder, Erik J ^a   Timmerman, Marieke E ^b   de Bildt, Annelies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Primary school; RCT; Social skills training; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOME; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TEACHER;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SKILLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903413524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-189     Document Type: Article

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