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Evidence-Based Interventions to Teach Social Skills

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Social skills are complex and therefore are often difficult to research and treat. This may lead to the use of non-evidenced-based practices to address social skill deficits. However, a variety of evidence-based social skills interventions have been developed in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). These interventions focus on building social skills, ranging from eye contact to maintaining a conversation. This chapter provides an overview of the social skills interventions and its applications to different populations and contexts. It will also highlight studies that provide evidence supporting the use of the interventions for a variety of skills. Considerations regarding implementation of these interventions and future research directions will also be discussed.

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Arthur, S.M., Creem, A.N., Bahry, S., Cauchi, J., Leaf, J.B. (2023). Evidence-Based Interventions to Teach Social Skills. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24926-6_42

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