Social Skills Groups for Asperger’s Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

Layperson Summary:

Group settings can be good for teaching social skills to children with autism.

This paper reviews the use of social skills therapy to teach social skills to children with autism. The first things that should be taught in social skills therapy is how to make eye contact and how to read tone of voice, body language, facial gestures, and hand gestures. Children should practice how to use and recognize different voice tones and volumes. Children should also be taught not to go on and on speaking about a certain topic when others are not interested in the topic. It may take a long time for children with autism to master these social skills.

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