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Social Skills Instruction for Children with Asperger Syndrome

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Part of the book series: Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives ((IICL,volume 3))

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Although relatively little research has been conducted on the nature of the social disability in Asperger Syndrome (AS) (Klin, Volkmar, & Sparrow, 2000; Myles & Simpson, 2002), researchers and practitioners generally agree that this area presents the greatest challenge throughout life (Barnhill, Hagiwara, Myles, Simpson, Brick, & Griswold, 2000; Church, Alisanski, & Amanullah, 2000; Myles & Adreon, 2001; Szatmari, 1991; Williams, 2001). The impact of social skills difficulties is pervasive across varying environments, even in structured settings designed to elicit prosocial behaviors. Social skills challenges range from not being able to develop and keep friendships to being ridiculed by peers to not being able to keep a job due to a lack of understanding of workplace culture and relationships among subordinates and supervisors (Baron-Cohen, O’Riordan, Stone, Jones, & Plaisted, 1999; MacLeod, 1999; Myles & Simpson, 2003).

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  1. The Learning Clinic, Inc., Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA

    Raymond W. DuCharme

  2. Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, USA

    Thomas P. Gullotta

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Myles, B.S. (2003). Social Skills Instruction for Children with Asperger Syndrome. In: DuCharme, R.W., Gullotta, T.P. (eds) Asperger Syndrome. Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8883-6_2

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