Children with autism can learn social skills from their peers if certain therapy techniques are used.
This article describes three ways peers can be used to help the social skills of children with autism: facilitative initiation, sociodramatic scripts, and use of written text to cue actions. There has been research that shows that use of peers in social therapy can help children with autism learn social skills. Research has focused on what types of training strategies work best. The goal is for the children with autism to have improved friendships and higher social status. The authors believe that insights from therapists can help to create social therapy that works.
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