Improving Social Communication in Autistic Adolescents Through a Clinic-Home-School Collaboration.

Differences in social communication are common in highly verbal autistic adolescents and can interfere with development of friendships as well as lead to other co-occurring challenges. The purpose of this initial study was to assess whether targeted areas of social communication would improve follow...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 878 - 892
Autores principales: Koegel, Lynn Kern, Abrams, Daniel A., Tran, Thuan N., Koegel, Robert L.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2026
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          Koegel, Lynn Kern
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          Tran, Thuan N.
          Koegel, Robert L.
        affil: https://ror.org/00f54p054 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adolescence
          Students with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors
          Socialization
          Communication
          Parents of Children with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors
          Schools
          Collaboration
          Individualized Medicine
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          Depression Prevention and Control
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          Child: 6-12 years
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      ab: Differences in social communication are common in highly verbal autistic adolescents and can interfere with development of friendships as well as lead to other co-occurring challenges. The purpose of this initial study was to assess whether targeted areas of social communication would improve following the implementation of a manualized social communication package with parent participation and school coordination. Autistic adolescents who demonstrated challenges with social communication participated in this study in the context of a rigorous concurrent multiple baseline experimental design. Weekly intervention targeting social communication was implemented over a period of six to seven weeks (depending on preintervention scores). Additionally, parents and participants completed standardized assessments of anxiety and depression and a post-intervention questionnaire was administered to assess their satisfaction with the intervention. This study demonstrated that social communication could be improved with a short-term intervention program with parent and school participation. All participants showed improvements in social communication, which was maintained at follow-up. Also, all participants and their parents reported high satisfaction with the program. These findings corroborate a growing literature base suggesting that support in the area of social communication is needed and can benefit autistic adolescents.
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