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Asperger syndrome behavioral therapy

Introduction

Overview

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 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]
References

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.

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