Effectiveness of play-based empathy training  on social skills in students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Kazemi, F.; Abolghasemi, Abbas

doi:10.12740/app/105490

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“…There are many social skills intervention programs available and often applied in clinical practice nowadays, but not all of them are evidence-based interventions . The empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of these social skill intervention programs for children with ASD is still insufficient (Dekker et al, 2014;Kazemi & Abolghasemi, 2019). In addition to that, there is also a very limited number of social skills interventions involving parents and teachers (Dekker et al, 2014).…”

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The Effects of Children’s Friendship Training on Social Skills and Quality of Play among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Goh

Roslan

Baguri

et al. 2020

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Among the challenges faced by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) involves developing social skills and building quality friendship through social activities, interactions and playing games. The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of Children's Friendship Training (CFT) on social skills among children with ASD. Utilising the quasi-experimental design of one-group-pretest-posttest study, this research was conducted on 40 children aged 7 to 12 years in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The intervention lasted for 12 weeks and involved both the children with ASD and their parents. Data was collected twice for pretest and post-test scores using two sets of questionnaires, Social Skills Rating Scale (SSRS) and Quality of Play Questionnaire (QPQ). Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyse the data. The findings indicated that there were significant increase in the social skills of children with ASD after the intervention, based on both the teachers' (t(30) = -6.298, p = .000) and parents', (t(30) = -8.266, p = .000) evaluations. All the three subscales of Quality of Play also showed significant differences after the intervention, with significant decrease in conflict, (t(30) = 3.949, p = .000) and disengagement (M = 5.52, SD = 1.93), (t(30) = 3.474, p = .002), and significant increase in engagement, (t(30) = -4.892, p = .000). In conclusion, CFT effects were significant in enhancing social skills and quality of play among children with ASD. As social skills are very much related to social acceptance and ultimately self-concept and self-esteem, the potentials of CFT in overcoming social skill issues among children with or without learning disabilities should be explored further.

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The Effects of Children’s Friendship Training on Social Skills and Quality of Play among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Goh

Roslan

Baguri

et al. 2020

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Efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions targeting social function in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Yu,

Zhang,

Tao

et al. 2023

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Background and aims This paper aimed to evaluate the use of nonpharmacological interventions for the management of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The effects of acupuncture and behavioural therapy, two nonpharmalogical interventions, on social function in ASD patients are still controversial. This meta-analysis investigated the impact of these two treatments and compared their effects. Methods Seven electronic databases were systematically searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of acupuncture or behavioural therapy for ASD. A meta-analysis was carried out using Review Manager 5.4 software. Continuous data are reported as mean differences (MDs) or standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). An assessment of methodological quality using the Cochrane risk-of-bias (ROB) tool for trials was carried out. The Grading of Recommendation Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) was applied to evaluate the quality (certainty) of evidence for results regarding social function indicators. Results Thirty RCTs on acupuncture and 36 on behavioural therapy were included. Compared with the control condition, body acupuncture (SMD: 0.76, 95% CI: [0.52, 1.01]; low certainty), modern acupuncture technology (SMD: 0.84, 95% CI: [0.32, 1.35]; low certainty), cognitive behavioural therapy (SMD: 0.42, 95% CI: [0.26, 0.58]; high certainty), the Denver model (SMD: 0.61, 95% CI: [0.23, 0.99]; moderate certainty) and social skills training (SMD: 0.56, 95% CI: [0.41, 0.71]; moderate certainty) improved social functioning. Conclusion Behavioural therapies (such as CBT, the Denver model, social skills training), improved the social functioning of patients with ASD in the short and long term, as supported by high- and moderate-quality evidence. Acupuncture (including scalp acupuncture, body acupuncture and use of modern acupuncture technology) also improved social functioning, as supported by low- and very low-quality evidence. More high-quality evidence is needed to confirm the effect of acupoint catgut embedding and Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (EIBI).

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Effectiveness of play-based empathy training on social skills in students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 2 publications

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The Effects of Children’s Friendship Training on Social Skills and Quality of Play among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Effects of Children’s Friendship Training on Social Skills and Quality of Play among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions targeting social function in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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