PEERS® for Preschoolers preliminary outcomes and predictors of treatment response.
J Autism Dev Disord
; 53(12): 4671-4684, 2023 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
PEERS® for Preschoolers (P4P) is a social skills group program for young autistic children and their caregivers, which provides everyday tools for interacting and communicating with others. Twenty-two caregiver-child dyads participated and completed pre-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up measures (4-16 weeks after). Using single-subject analyses to examine social skills, 60% demonstrated post-treatment improvement, and 53.85% demonstrated follow-up improvement. Regarding a secondary outcome of behavioral difficulties, 33.33% demonstrated post-treatment reduction, and 7.69% demonstrated follow-up reduction. Using regressions, autistic traits predicted outcomes; fewer social communication difficulties predicted both greater social skills and fewer behavioral difficulties at post-treatment, while fewer repetitive behaviors predicted fewer post-treatment and follow-up behavioral difficulties. These results preliminarily demonstrate the benefits of P4P and how autistic traits may impact P4P outcomes.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno del Espectro Autista
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
Revista:
J Autism Dev Disord
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos