Ferguson Emily F, Drapalik Krista N, Liang Jeffrey, Hua Klaire, Feerst Harrison, Mallory Alice B, Vernon Ty W
Koegel Autism Center, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 May;51(5):1641-1657. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04659-1.
There is a dearth of research that focuses on social intervention efforts for adults on the autism spectrum with intellectual disability and limited conversational language. Using a multiple baseline experimental design, this pilot investigation of the Socialization Knowledge for Individuals with Limited Language (SKILL) program evaluated a novel peer-facilitated group program specifically designed to target social interaction skills for this population. Findings from five pilot participants yielded evidence of social improvements across specific verbal skills (on-topic conversational contributions and responses) and nonverbal behaviors (eye-contact, active listening), as evidenced by coded social conversation probes and parent-report measures. These findings demonstrate the promise of a socialization intervention for a population that has historically been neglected in the social intervention research literature.
针对患有智力残疾且会话语言有限的自闭症谱系成年患者的社会干预研究非常匮乏。本研究采用多基线实验设计，对语言能力有限个体的社交知识（SKILL）项目进行了初步调查，评估了一个专门为该人群设计的、由同伴推动的新型团体项目，旨在提高其社交互动技能。五名参与初步调查的参与者的研究结果表明，通过对社交对话进行编码分析以及家长报告测量发现，该项目在特定语言技能（话题相关的对话贡献和回应）和非语言行为（眼神交流、积极倾听）方面都取得了社交能力提升的证据。这些研究结果表明，对于一个在社会干预研究文献中一直被忽视的人群而言，社会化干预具有一定前景。
