Six weeks of cognitive behavior therapy may help children with Asperger Syndrome learn to manage their anger.

This study was designed to see if a type of psychological therapy known as cognitive behavior therapy can help children with Asperger Syndrome handle their anger. It also looked to see if the 45 children would be able to take what they learned in therapy and apply it to the real world (generalization). The study measured success by looking at whether or not the child was able to give advice to a comic book person who was being teased. The study also looked at whether or not the parents thought that the child was doing a better job handling anger. Both the comic book test and the parent reports showed that the child had learned to manage anger better. Read more...