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Social stories : mechanisms of effectiveness in increasing game play skills in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder using a pretest posttest repeated measures randomized control group design . An increasing body of literature has indicated that social stories are an effective way to teach individuals diagnosed with autism appropriate social behavior . This study compared two formats of a social story targeting the improvement of social skills during game play using a pretest posttest repeated measures randomized control group design . A total of 45 children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder ( ASD ) ages 7-14 were randomly assigned to standard , directive , or control story conditions . Results demonstrated that the standard and directive story formats were equally as effective in eliciting , generalizing and maintaining the targeted social skills in participants who had prior game play experience and Verbal Comprehension Index ( VCI ) scores from the WISC-IV intelligence test in the borderline range or above .
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Intervention_Educational
game play skills
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Intervention_Educational
social story targeting the improvement of social skills during game play
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Outcome_Mental
improvement of social skills
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Outcome_Other
eliciting , generalizing and
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Outcome_Mental
maintaining the targeted social skills
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Outcome_Mental
Verbal Comprehension Index ( VCI ) scores from the WISC-IV intelligence test
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Sample-size
45
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
Autism Spectrum Disorder ( ASD )
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Participant_Age
7-14