What is it about?
Social deficits are prominent among people with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, yet targeted social training is scarce. In this paper, we report how we adapted a training of 15 weekly sessions developed in Hong Kong and its effectiveness.
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Why is it important?
Apart from ratings from their carers, we add evaluation from the participants themselves, which is a novel evaluation strategy. Carers observed reduced negative social behaviours in the participants. Participants also reported knowledge gain and confidence in applying content learnt. Community-based social training for people with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability is feasible and potentially effective.
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This page is a summary of: A feasibility study on social competence intervention for Chinese adolescents and adults with comorbid autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, April 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12998.
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