The ABC's of teaching social skills to adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in the classroom: The UCLA PEERS® program

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2244-2256

  Laugeson, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Ellingsen, Ruth ^a,b   Sanderson, Jennifer ^d   Tucci, Lara ^a,c   Bates, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Help Group   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autism spectrum disorder; Friendship; PEERS; School; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; FRIENDSHIP QUALITIES SCALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PIERS HARRIS SELF CONCEPT SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF RELATIONAL SKILLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF PLAY QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; TEACHER; TEACHING; CHILD; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906303729     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2108-8     Document Type: Article

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