School‐Age Children With ASD

Abstract

According to recent surveys, nearly 2\% of school‐age children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The core deficits associated with ASD—for example, peer interaction, social communication, social cognition, and executive functioning—can make it difficult to cope with the social‐emotional and cognitive‐academic demands of school. Support for these children should focus on both social‐emotional (e.g., peer interaction and peer friendship) and cognitive‐academic (e.g., abstract thinking, reading comprehension, mathematics, handwriting) functioning.