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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Social Tools And Rules for Teens (START) Program: An Immersive Socialization Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Ty W Vernon, Amber R Miller, Jordan A Ko, Amy C Barrett, Elizabeth S McGarry

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ty W VernonKoegel Autism Center, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9490, USA. tyvernon@ucsb.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6042-2182
Amber R MillerKoegel Autism Center, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9490, USA.
Jordan A KoKoegel Autism Center, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9490, USA.
Amy C BarrettKoegel Autism Center, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9490, USA.
Elizabeth S McGarryKoegel Autism Center, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9490, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescents with ASD face numerous personal and contextual barriers that impede the development of social motivation and core competencies, warranting the need for targeted intervention. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 40 adolescents to evaluate the merits of a multi-component socialization intervention that places emphasis on experiential learning. This investigation evaluated the impact of the 20-week START program on the social functioning of adolescents with ASD. Significant Group × Time differences between START and waitlist control groups were found across multiple measures. Secondary analyses of the entire program cohort also yielded significant improvement trends across all measures. These findings may be an important step in identifying optimal strategies to target the complex factors limiting optimal social development in ASD.

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SocializationAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAutism Spectrum DisorderChildEarly Medical InterventionFemaleHumansMaleProblem-Based LearningAdolescents with autism spectrum disorderSocial competenceSocial motivationSocial readinessSocial skills groupSTART program

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PMID29164444

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