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Hill TL, Gray SAO, Baker CN, et al. A Pilot Study Examining the Effectiveness of the PEERS Program on Social Skills and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Dev Phys Disabil. 2017;29(5):797-808doi: 10.1007/s10882-017-9557-x.
Hill, T. L., Gray, S. A. O., Baker, C. N., Boggs, K., Carey, E., Johnson, C., Kamps, J. L., & Varela, R. E. (2017). A Pilot Study Examining the Effectiveness of the PEERS Program on Social Skills and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of developmental and physical disabilities, 29(5), 797-808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-017-9557-x
Hill, Trenesha L, et al. "A Pilot Study Examining the Effectiveness of the PEERS Program on Social Skills and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of developmental and physical disabilities vol. 29,5 (2017): 797-808. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-017-9557-x
Hill TL, Gray SAO, Baker CN, Boggs K, Carey E, Johnson C, Kamps JL, Varela RE. A Pilot Study Examining the Effectiveness of the PEERS Program on Social Skills and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Dev Phys Disabil. 2017 Oct;29(5):797-808. doi: 10.1007/s10882-017-9557-x. Epub 2017 Jun 15. PMID: 29576723; PMCID: PMC5863753.
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J Dev Phys Disabil. 2017 Oct;29(5):797-808. doi: 10.1007/s10882-017-9557-x. Epub 2017 Jun 15.

A Pilot Study Examining the Effectiveness of the PEERS Program on Social Skills and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Journal of developmental and physical disabilities

Trenesha L Hill, Sarah A O Gray, Courtney N Baker, Koren Boggs, Elizabeth Carey, Corinn Johnson, Jodi L Kamps, R Enrique Varela

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Tulane University, 2007 Percival Stern Hall, 6400 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70118-5636, USA.
  2. Children's Hospital, 200 Henry Clay Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
  3. Department of Psychological Sciences, Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

PMID: 29576723 PMCID: PMC5863753 DOI: 10.1007/s10882-017-9557-x

Abstract

The Program for the Evaluation of the Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS), a social skills intervention for high functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has been proven efficacious in randomized control trials. However, the effectiveness of the PEERS program in community settings has not been studied. The present small-scale pilot study examined the effectiveness of the PEERS program in a community setting. Five adolescents and their caregivers participated in the PEERS intervention. Results indicated that the adolescents showed significant improvement in their social engagement, social cognition, social communication, social motivation, and knowledge of PEERS skills and concepts from pre- to post-intervention. Furthermore, adolescents showed significant reductions in their internalizing and autistic symptoms from pre- to post-intervention. The findings from this small-scale pilot study support the effectiveness of the PEERS program in community-based settings.

Keywords: Anxiety; Autism spectrum disorder; Community setting; Intervention; Social skills

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