Social Skills

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, and deficits in social and communication skills. In order to help a person with ASD improve their communication skills, behavior analysts should place emphasis on teaching intraverbal …

There is a high need for social and emotional coping skills for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This paper presents a group-based cognitive behavioral approach to addressing social, emotional, and executive functioning skills for adolescents with ASD. This paper…

Iranian immigrants are one of the least studied ethnic groups in psychology, despite being a rather large population (Hojat et al., 2000; Saedi, 2010). Only a handful of studies examining Iranian immigrants exist, and even fewer have examined Iranian children. No prior studies h…

Children's social competence has received much attention from professionals in the fields of psychology and education. However, this topic has not been investigated in a major way by professionals in non-western countries. In this study modified forms of the Social Skills Rating…