Asperger syndrome behavioral therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shakiba Hassanzadeh, MD [2]

Overview

Behavioral therapies in Asperger Syndrome (AS) are used to help the patients with their social communication and to develop social skills.^[1]

Behavioral Therapy

Behavioral therapies in Asperger Syndrome (AS) are used to help the patients with their social communication and to develop social skills.^[1]
Behavioral therapy in Asperger Syndrome (AS) include:^[2]
- Sociobehavioral therapy
  - Peer-evaluated intervention programs (improvement in irritability and social interaction)^[2]
  - Video or computerized training programs (improvement in social function)^[2]^[3]^[4]
  - Rote verbal learning of social rules^[1]
  - Parts to whole approach (verbal information is presented as a series)^[1]
  - Small classes and small group activities^[1]
  - AS patients should be integrated with their normotypical peers^[1]
  - Adaption of the curriculum for the child with AS (eg. allowing more time to complete tasks)^[1]
  - Adaptive skills should be taught explicitly (eg. by scheduling, practicing and rehearsing)^[1]
  - Targeted organizational skills (eg. the use of scheduling, scripts, lists (things to do’) or rules)^[1]
  - Social skills and pragmatic language training^[1]
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)^[2]
  - Used in treatment of some associated conditions in AS such as depression, anxiety, social phobias and anger.^[2]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 Woodbury-Smith MR, Volkmar FR (2009). “Asperger syndrome”. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 18 (1): 2–11. doi:10.1007/s00787-008-0701-0. PMID 18563474.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Tarazi FI, Sahli ZT, Pleskow J, Mousa SA (2015). “Asperger’s syndrome: diagnosis, comorbidity and therapy”. Expert Rev Neurother. 15 (3): 281–93. doi:10.1586/14737175.2015.1009898. PMID 25655905.
↑ Beaumont R, Sofronoff K (2008). “A multi-component social skills intervention for children with Asperger syndrome: the Junior Detective Training Program”. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 49 (7): 743–53. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01920.x. PMID 18503531.
↑ Kandalaft MR, Didehbani N, Krawczyk DC, Allen TT, Chapman SB (2013). “Virtual reality social cognition training for young adults with high-functioning autism”. J Autism Dev Disord. 43 (1): 34–44. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1544-6. PMC 3536992. PMID 22570145.
↑ Butler AC, Chapman JE, Forman EM, Beck AT (2006). “The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: a review of meta-analyses”. Clin Psychol Rev. 26 (1): 17–31. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2005.07.003. PMID 16199119.
↑ Sofronoff K, Attwood T, Hinton S, Levin I (2007). “A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural intervention for anger management in children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome”. J Autism Dev Disord. 37 (7): 1203–14. doi:10.1007/s10803-006-0262-3. PMID 17082978.

Overview