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The importance of developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships is well documented.
Friendships serve to protect the individual from isolation and loneliness.
Children diagnosed with ASD are at a greater risk of suffering from isolation and rejection from their peers.
Research suggests that social rejection during childhood increases the likelihood of mental health difficulties, such as depression, during adulthood.
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Fostering positive interactions with typically developing peers has been identified as an effective method of decreasing the likelihood of social isolation for children with ASD.
Practicing social skills in their natural environment increases the likelihood of your child generalizing their new skills.
This program can be implemented in a variety of settings such as the home, a playground or the beach.
The role of the parent as the program facilitator is to increase the likelihood of successful social interactions and cooperative play by incorporating targeted skills and specific strategies into the child's play date sessions.
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Skill Streaming (McGinnis & Goldstein) is a psycho educational intervention that focuses on four direct instructional principles of learning to teach pro-social behaviors.
Learning Procedures Include:
Modeling (Demonstrating the targeted behavior)
Role Playing (Practicing the targeted behavior)
Feedback (Role play performance review)
Transfer (Practicing the targeted skill in a natural environment)
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Phone: 61+ 0447 802 596
ABA International Gold Coast Queensland Australia
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