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A randomized controlled study of parent-assisted Children 's Friendship Training with children having autism spectrum disorders . This study evaluated Children 's Friendship Training ( CFT ) , a manualized parent-assisted intervention to improve social skills among second to fifth grade children with autism spectrum disorders . Comparison was made with a delayed treatment control group ( DTC ) . Targeted skills included conversational skills , peer entry skills , developing friendship networks , good sportsmanship , good host behavior during play dates , and handling teasing . At post-testing , the CFT group was superior to the DTC group on parent measures of social skill and play date behavior , and child measures of popularity and loneliness , At 3-month follow-up , parent measures showed significant improvement from baseline . Post-hoc analysis indicated more than 87 % of children receiving CFT showed reliable change on at least one measure at post-test and 66.7 % after 3 months follow-up .
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Intervention_Educational
parent-assisted Children 's Friendship Training
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Intervention_Educational
Children 's Friendship Training ( CFT )
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Intervention_Educational
manualized parent-assisted intervention
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Intervention_Control
delayed treatment control group ( DTC )
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Intervention_Educational
CFT
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Outcome_Mental
conversational skills , peer entry skills , developing friendship networks
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Outcome_Mental
good sportsmanship , good host behavior during play dates ,
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Outcome_Mental
handling teasing
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Outcome_Mental
social skill and play date behavior
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Outcome_Mental
popularity and loneliness
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorders
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Participant_Age
second to fifth grade children
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorders .