Title |
A Randomized Controlled Study of Parent-assisted Children’s Friendship Training with Children having Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, January 2010
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DOI | 10.1007/s10803-009-0932-z |
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Authors |
Fred Frankel, Robert Myatt, Catherine Sugar, Cynthia Whitham, Clarissa M. Gorospe, Elizabeth Laugeson |
Abstract |
This study evaluated Children's Friendship Training (CFT), a manualized parent-assisted intervention to improve social skills among second to fifth grade children with autism spectrum disorders. Comparison was made with a delayed treatment control group (DTC). Targeted skills included conversational skills, peer entry skills, developing friendship networks, good sportsmanship, good host behavior during play dates, and handling teasing. At post-testing, the CFT group was superior to the DTC group on parent measures of social skill and play date behavior, and child measures of popularity and loneliness, At 3-month follow-up, parent measures showed significant improvement from baseline. Post-hoc analysis indicated more than 87% of children receiving CFT showed reliable change on at least one measure at post-test and 66.7% after 3 months follow-up. |
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United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
Mexico | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 307 | 98% |
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Student > Master | 56 | 18% |
Student > Bachelor | 29 | 9% |
Researcher | 28 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 27 | 9% |
Other | 46 | 15% |
Unknown | 70 | 22% |
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Psychology | 125 | 40% |
Social Sciences | 39 | 12% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 10% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 4% |
Computer Science | 6 | 2% |
Other | 25 | 8% |
Unknown | 77 | 25% |