Trial reportJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2015
Randomized comparative trial of a social cognitive skills group for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Trial report in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Acute and Sustained Effects of Social Skills Intervention on Neural and Behavioral Outcomes in Children With ASD
Integrated Oxytocin and Nonverbal, Emotion Recognition, and Theory of Mind Training for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic Review of Group-Based Emotion Regulation Interventions for Autistic Children's Socio-Emotional Competence.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of Psychotherapy for Autistic Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of social skills training on social responsiveness of people with Autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review with meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of physical exercise interventions on sociability and communication in children and adolescents with autism: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Behavioral Intervention for Social Challenges in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of pragmatic language interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Using music to assist language learning in autistic children with minimal verbal language: The MAP feasibility RCT.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Trial
- Peers, play, and performance to build social salience in autistic youth: A multisite randomized clinical trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Social skills group training in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Trial
- d-Cycloserine enhances durability of social skills training in autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autism · 2017Trial
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- Predicting Communication Skills Outcomes for Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Following Early Intervention.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Predictors of Treatment Response to a Community-Delivered Group Social Skills Intervention for Youth with ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Predictors of individual differences in minimally verbal peer communication exchanges following peer-oriented social intervention.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- Linking ADHD and ASD Symptomatology with Social Impairment: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Empathy and Anxiety in Young Girls with Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Brief Report: Test-Retest Reliability of Cognitive, Affective, and Spontaneous Theory of Mind Tasks Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Multi-domain computerized cognitive training for children with intellectual developmental disorder: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Social cognition in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and idiopathic developmental neuropsychiatric disorders.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2021Article
- Prosocial attention in children with and without autism spectrum disorder: Dissociation between anticipatory gaze and internal arousal.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study evaluated the efficacy of a targeted social skills training group in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The intervention, Seaver-NETT (Nonverbal communication, Emotion recognition, and Theory of mind Training), is a 12-session cognitive-behavioral intervention (CBI) for verbal, school-aged children targeting ASD-specific social behavioral impairments.
methodSixty-nine children with ASD, 8 to 11 years of age, with verbal IQs greater than 70, participated in a randomized comparative trial to examine the efficacy of NETT relative to a facilitated play group. Treatment outcomes included caregiver reports of social behavior and neuropsychological assessments of social cognition conducted by blinded raters. Outcomes were collected at baseline, endpoint, and 3 months posttreatment.
resultsSignificant improvements were found on social behavior outcomes such as nonverbal communication, empathic responding, and social relations in the NETT condition relative to the active control at endpoint. Verbal IQ moderated the interaction effect on social behavior, with higher verbal IQ associated with improvements in the CBI condition. No significant improvements were found on social cognitive outcomes. No significant group differences were found at 3-month follow-up conducted with approximately half the sample (n = 34).
conclusionThese data indicate that targeted CBI social skills groups such as NETT improve social communication deficits in verbal, school-aged children with ASD. The moderating effects of high verbal IQ suggest a need to consider participant and treatment characteristics associated with outcomes in future studies. Clinical trial registration information-Neural and Behavioral Outcomes of Social Skills Groups in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder; https://clinicaltrials.gov; NCT01190917.
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