Graduate School of Education, University of California, 1207 Sproul Hall, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Mar;53(3):1175-1188. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05463-9. Epub 2022 Feb 14.
The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) social skills intervention has demonstrated effectiveness for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, studies have been limited by a lack of objective outcome measures and an underrepresentation of Latinx families. This pilot study extends the PEERS literature by utilizing an observational measure of conversational skills (Contextual Assessment of Social Skills; CASS) with a diverse sample of 13 adolescents with ASD (with parent groups conducted in English and Spanish simultaneously) and a control group of 11 neurotypical adolescents. Consistent with previous research, adolescents with ASD and their parents perceived improvements in social functioning following intervention, which were maintained four months later and corroborated by improvements in conversational skills.
人际关系技能培养计划（PEERS）的社交技能干预措施已被证明对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的青少年有效。然而，由于缺乏客观的结果测量和拉丁裔家庭代表性不足，这些研究受到了限制。本试点研究通过使用社交技能的观察性测量工具（社交情境评估；CASS）对 13 名 ASD 青少年（其父母组同时用英语和西班牙语进行）和 11 名神经典型青少年的对照组进行研究，扩展了 PEERS 的文献。与之前的研究一致，接受干预后，ASD 青少年及其父母感知到社交功能的改善，这种改善在四个月后得以维持，并得到了会话技能改善的证实。
