A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivation-Based Social Skills Group Treatment with Parent Training.
Despite the popularity of social skills groups, there remains a need for empirical investigation of treatment effects, especially when targeting pivotal aspects of social functioning such as initiations to peers. The goal of the present study was to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a 12-week...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1215 - 1229 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Apr2025
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