Abc's of Making Friends: Teaching Social Skills to Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Classroom

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Laugeson ◽  
Ruth Ellingsen ◽  
Shannon Bates ◽  
Alea Baron ◽  
Chloe Koeffler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Adolescents With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Making Friends

scholarly journals Influence of a Specific Aquatic Program on Social and Gross Motor Skills in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Three Case Reports

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Battaglia ◽  
Gianna Agrò ◽  
Pietro Cataldo ◽  
Antonio Palma ◽  
Marianna Alesi
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Skills ◽  
Mental Age ◽  
Adolescents With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Swimming pool activities revealed to be efficacious to train psychomotor skills and increase adaptive behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a specific multi-systemic aquatic therapy (CI-MAT) on gross motor and social skills in three adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Methods: three adolescents with ASD of which two boys (M1 with a chronological age of 10.3 years and a mental age of 4.7 years; M2 with a chronological age of 14.6 and a mental age inferior to 4 years) and one girl (chronological age of 14.0 and a mental age inferior to 4 years). The study was divided into three phases: baseline, 12-week CI-MAT program and Post-Test. Participants were administered a battery of tests incorporating anthropometric measurements, gross motor development test and a social skills questionnaire before and after a 12-week MAT-CI program. Results: Subjects improved locomotors and object control skills following the CI-MAT program in a different way. Concerning social behaviors, the higher proportion of gains was observed in the sensitivity of other’s presence and eye contact, for the contact domain, and in the comply turn for the relationship domain. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the CI-MAT program was effective for the development of gross-motor skills and social behaviors in subjects with ASD. Moreover there is an urge to carry out a whole psychological assessment targeting both motor and adaptive development suitable to provide educational and vocational plans of exercises for people with ASD.

scholarly journals Using rational-emotive language education to improve communication and social skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders in Nigeria

Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (31) ◽  
pp. e16550
Author(s):  
Amuche Nnamani ◽  
Josephine Akabogu ◽  
Mkpoikanke Sunday Otu ◽  
Annah C. Uloh-Bethels ◽  
Evelyn Ukoha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Adolescents With Autism ◽  
Rational Emotive ◽  
Spectrum Disorders
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