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RCT of a manualized social treatment for high-functioning autism spectrum disorders . This RCT examined the efficacy of a manualized social intervention for children with HFASDs . Participants were randomly assigned to treatment or wait-list conditions . Treatment included instruction and therapeutic activities targeting social skills , face-emotion recognition , interest expansion , and interpretation of non-literal language . A response-cost program was applied to reduce problem behaviors and foster skills acquisition . Significant treatment effects were found for five of seven primary outcome measures ( parent ratings and direct child measures ) . Secondary measures based on staff ratings ( treatment group only ) corroborated gains reported by parents . High levels of parent , child and staff satisfaction were reported , along with high levels of treatment fidelity . Standardized effect size estimates were primarily in the medium and large ranges and favored the treatment group .
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Intervention_Educational
social treatment
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Intervention_Educational
manualized social intervention
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Intervention_Educational
treatment
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Intervention_Control
wait-list conditions .
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Intervention_Educational
instruction and therapeutic activities targeting social skills , face-emotion recognition , interest expansion , and interpretation of non-literal language .
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Outcome_Mental
parent ratings
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Outcome_Other
staff ratings
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Outcome_Other
parent , child and staff satisfaction
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Outcome_Mental
treatment fidelity .
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Participant_Condition
high-functioning autism spectrum disorders .
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Participant_Age
children with HFASDs .