Pilot evaluation of the frankfurt social skills training for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a group-based intervention aiming at improving social
and communication skills in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Over a period of 11 months, N = 17 children and adolescents received treatment according to the manualised Frankfurt Social Skills Training (KONTAKT).
Parent, teacher, expert and blind expert ratings were assessed to judge outcome regarding peer interaction, autistic behaviours,
adaptive functioning and family burden. The participants exhibited improvements pre to follow-up treatment, particularly in
the area of autistic symptomatology. Effect sizes (partial eta squared) ranged from 0.02 to 0.69. Among other things, regression
models showed a positive influence of IQ and langua…

Source: MedWorm: Autism

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