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. 2023 Jul;53(7):2647-2662.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05513-2. Epub 2022 Apr 20.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a reverse inclusion Social Skills intervention for children on the Autism Spectrum

Lori B Vincent  1   2 , Jennifer M Asmus  3 , Gregory L Lyons  3 , Tiffany Born  3 , Megan Leamon  4 , Emma DenBleyker  4 , Hannah McIntire  4
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a reverse inclusion Social Skills intervention for children on the Autism Spectrum

Lori B Vincent et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Schools need effective, generalizable, and socially valid social skills interventions to better support the social inclusion and peer relationships of their students on the autism spectrum. We evaluated a Pivotal Response Treatment-based, naturalistic social skills intervention implemented daily by school personnel in reverse inclusion school settings with four students on the autism spectrum (K-2nd grade). Using a single-case experimental design, results indicated that the students on the autism spectrum showed increases in the percent of time engaged in cooperative play with peers during the intervention (p = .0026) and moderate changes in social interactions were determined through systematic visual analysis. However, these changes in social behaviors did not generalize to natural inclusive school settings.

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Naturalistic behavioral interventions; Reverse inclusion; Schools; Social Skills Training.

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