A Programmatic Description of a Social Skills Group for Young Children With Autism

Justin B. Leaf; Wesley H. Dotson; Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf; James A. Sherman; Jan B. Sheldon

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A Programmatic Description of a Social Skills Group for Young Children With Autism

Justin B. Leaf, Wesley H. Dotson, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, James A. Sherman, Jan B. Sheldon

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Deficits in social skills are a common problem for children with autism. One method of developing appropriate social skills in children with autism has been group instruction. To date, however, group instruction has produced mixed results. The purpose of this article is to describe a promising method of teaching social skills to children in small groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-121
Number of pages	11
Journal	Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121411405855
State	Published - Aug 2012

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applied behavior analysis
autism
group instruction
social skills

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