Training Peers Improves Social Outcomes for Some Kids with ASD

• By: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• January 1st, 2012
• education, friendships, inclusion, intervention, peer-mediated interventions, peers, research, school settings, social development, social skills, training
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Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who attend regular education classes may be more likely to improve their social skills if their typically developing peers are taught how to interact with them than if only the children with ASD are taught such skills. According to a study funded by the...