Parent and family outcomes of PEERS : a social skills intervention for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
By: Karst, Jeffrey S.
Contributor(s): Carson, Audrey M | Dolan, Bridget | Karst, Jeffrey S | Schohl, Kirsten | Stevens, Sheryl | Van Hecke, Amy Vaughan.
Series: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 45 (3) 2015: 752-765. 2015Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTERVENTION
| OUTCOMES | AUTISM | PARENTS | ADOLESCENTS | FAMILIES | PROGRAM FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT OF RELATIONAL SKILLS (PEERS)Summary: Explains that the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) is a social skills intervention designed for adolescents with high-functioning ASD. Assesses the impact of PEERS on family chaos, parenting stress, and parenting self-efficacy via a randomized, controlled trial. Results suggested beneficial effects for the experimental group in the domain of family chaos compared to the waitlist control, while parents in the PEERS experimental group also demonstrated increased parenting self-efficacy. These findings highlight adjunctive family system benefits of PEERS intervention and suggest the need for overall better understanding of parent and family outcomes of ASD interventions.
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Explains that the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) is a social skills intervention designed for adolescents with high-functioning ASD. Assesses the impact of PEERS on family chaos, parenting stress, and parenting self-efficacy via a randomized, controlled trial. Results suggested beneficial effects for the experimental group in the domain of family chaos compared to the waitlist control, while parents in the PEERS experimental group also demonstrated increased parenting self-efficacy. These findings highlight adjunctive family system benefits of PEERS intervention and suggest the need for overall better understanding of parent and family outcomes of ASD interventions.
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