CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BUREAU OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PUPIL SERVICES

Autism and Social Skills

January 1992 December 2001

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Aarons, M., & Tessa, G. (1999). Autism: A social skills approach for children and adolescents. East Aurora, NY: Slosson Educational Publications. (IE 618.928982 AAR Inservice Education/Book) Baker, M.J., Koegel, R.L., & Koegel, L.K. (1998). Increasing the social behavior of young children with autism using their obsessive behaviors. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 23, 300-308. Ball, J. (1996). Increasing social interactions of preschoolers with autism through relationships with typically developing peers. E.D. Practicum Report, Nova Southeastern University. (ED 400 654 Microfiche, 52 pages) Baranek, G.T. (1999). Autism during infancy: A retrospective video analysis of sensory-motor and social behaviors at 9-12 months of age. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 213-224. Baron-Cohen, S. (1998). Social and pragmatic deficits in autism: Cognitive or affective? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 18, 379-402. Berger, H.J.C., van Spaendonck, K.P.M., Horstink, M.W.I.M., Buytenhuiijs, E.L., Lammers, P.W.J.M., & Cools, A.R. (1993). Cognitive shifting as a predictor of progress in social understanding in highfunctioning adolescents with autism: A prospective study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 23, 341-359. Bernard-Opitz, V., Sriram, N., & Nakhoda-Sapuan, S. (2000). Enhancing social problem solving in children with autism and normal children through computer-assisted instruction. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 377-384. Borden, M.C., & Ollendick, T.H. (1994). An examination of the validity of social subtypes in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 23-37. Dalrymple, N. (1992). Some interpersonal social skill objectives and teaching strategies for people with autism. Revised. Social series. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, Indiana Resource Center for Autism. (ED 363 073 Microfiche, 34 pages) Dawson, G., Meltzoff, A.N., Osterling, J., Rinaldi, J., & Brown, E. (1998). Children with autism fail to orient to naturally occurring social stimuli. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28, 479-485. Drasgow, E., Halle, J.W., & Phillips, B. (2001). Effects of different social partners on the discriminated requesting of a young child with autism and severe language delays. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 22, 125-139. Field, T., Field, T., Sanders, C., & Nadel, J. (2001). Children with autism display more social behaviors after repeated imitation sessions. Autism, 5, 317-323. Gonzalez-Lopez, A., & Kamps, D.M. (19970. Social skills training to increase social interaction between children with autism and their typical peers. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, 12(1), 2-14.
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Gray, C. (Ed.). (1994). The new social story book. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. (IM 371.94 GRA Instructional Material/Book) Gray, C. (Ed.). (2000). The new social story book: Illustrated edition. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. (IM 371.94 GRA Instructional Material/Book) Gray, C. (Ed.) (1993). The original social stories. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, inc. (IM 371.94 GRA Instructional Material/Book) Gray, C. (1996). Social stories and comic strip conversations: Unique methods to improve social understanding. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. (IE 371.94 GRA Inservice Education/Videotape/Books) Gray, C. (1994). Taming the recess jungle: Socially simplifying recess for students with autism and related disorders (2nd edition). Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. (IM 371.94 GRA Instructional Material/Book) Gonzalez-Lopez, A., & Kamps, D.M. (1997). Social skills training to increase social interactions between children with autism and their typical peers. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 12, 2-14. Gutstein, S.E. (2000). Autism/Aspergers: Solving the relationship puzzle: A new developmental program that opens the door to lifelong social and emotional growth. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. (618.928982 GUT Book) Hagiwara, T., & Myles, B.S. (1999). A multimedia social story intervention: Teaching skills to children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 14, 82-95. Hall, L.J., & Smith, K.L. (1996). The generalisation of social skills by preferred peers with autism. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 21, 313-330. Hauck, M., Fein, D., Waterhouse, L., & Feinstein, C. (1995). Social initiations by autistic children to adults and other children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25, 579-595. Heavey, L., Phillips, W., Baron-Cohen, S., & Rutter, M. (2000). The Awkward moments test: A naturalistic measure of social understanding in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 225-236. Hobson, R.P., & Lee, A. (1998). Hello and goodbye: A study of social engagement in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28, 117-127. Howlin, P., Mawhood, L., & Rutter, M. (2000). Autism and developmental receptive language disorder a follow-up comparison in early life. II: Social, behavioral, and psychiatric outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 41, 561-578. Hwang, B., & Hughes, C. (2000). The effects of social interactive training on early social communicative skills of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 331-343.

Hwang, B., & Hughes, C. (2000). Increasing early social-communicative skills of preverbal preschool children with autism through social interactive training. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 25, 18-28. Kamps, D.M., Barbetta, P.M., Leonard, B.R., & Delquadri, J. (1994). Classwide peer tutoring: An integration strategy to improve reading skills and promote peer interactions among students with autism and general education peers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 49-61. Kamps, D.M., Leonard, B.R., Vernon, S., Dugan, E.P., Delquadri, J.C., Gershon, B., Wade, L., & Folk, L. (1992). Teaching social skills to students with autism to increase peer interactions in an integrated firstgrade classroom. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 281-288. Kennedy, C.H., & Shukla, S. (1995). Social interaction research for people with autism as a set of past, current, and emerging propositions. Behavioral Disorders, 21, 21-35. Klin, A. (2000). Attributing social meaning to ambiguous visual stimuli in higher-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: The social attribution task. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 41, 831-846. Koegel, L.K., Koegel, R.L., Hurley, C., & Frea, W.D. (1992). Improving social skills and disruptive behavior in children with autism through self-management. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 341-353. Koegel, R.L., & Frea, W.D. (1993). Treatment of social behavior in autism through the modification of pivotal social skills. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 369-377. Koegel, R.L., & Koegel, L.K. (Eds). (1995). Teaching children with autism: Strategies for initiating positive interaction and improving learning opportunities. Baltimore, MD: Paul H Brookes Publishing Company. (371.94 KOE Book) Kohler, F.W., Strain, P.S., & Hoyson, M. (1995). Using a group-oriented contingency to increase social interactions between children with autism and their peers: A preliminary analysis of corollary supportive behaviors. Behavior Modification, 19, 10-32. Kraijer, D. (2000). Review of adaptive behavior studies in mentally retarded persons with autism/pervasive developmental disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 39-47. Krantz, P.J. (2000). Commentary: Interventions to facilitate socialization. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 411-413. Krantz, P.J., & McClannahan, L.E. (1998). Social interaction skills for children with autism: A scriptfading procedure for beginning readers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 191-202. Kuttler, S., Myles, B.S., & Carlson, J.K. (1998). The use of social stories to reduce precursors to tantrum behavior in a student with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 13, 176-182. Laushey, K.M., & Heflin, L.J. (2000). Enhancing social skills of kindergarten children with autism through the training of multiple peers as tutors. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 183-193.
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Lord, C., Risi, S., Lambrecht, L., Cook, Jr., E.H., Leventhal, B.L., DiLavore, P.C., Pickles, A., & Rutter, M. (2000). The Autism diagnostic observation schedule generic: A standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 205-223. Loveland, K.A., Pearson, D.A., Tunali-Kotoski, B., Ortegon, J., & Gibbs, M.C. (2001). Judgments of social appropriateness by children and adolescents with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 367-376. McGee, G.G., Feldman, R.S., & Morrier, M.J. (1997). Benchmarks of social treatment for children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 353-364. Moyes, R.A. (2001). Incorporating social goals in the classroom: A guide for teachers and parents of children with high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. (618.928982 MOY Book) Mundy, P., & Crowson, M. (1997). Joint attention and early social communication: Implications for research on intervention with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 653-676. Murrell, D. (2001). Tobin learns to make friends. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. (YP 152.4 MUR Young Peoples Book) Njardvik, U., Matson, J.L., & Cherry, K.E. (1999). A comparison of social skills in adults with autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, and mental retardation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 287-295. Norris, C., & Dattilo, J. (1999). Evaluating effects of a social story intervention on a young girl with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 14, 180-186. Ozonoff, S., & Miller, J.N. (1995). Teaching theory of mind: A new approach to social skills training for individuals with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25, 415-433. Pierce, K., Glad, K.S., & Schreibman, L.E. (1997). Social perception in children with autism: An attentional deficit? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 265-282. Pierce, K., & Schreibman, L. (1997). Multiple peer use of pivotal response training to increase social behaviors of classmates with autism: Results from trained and untrained peers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30, 157-160. Quill, K.A. (2000). Do-watch-listen-say: Social and communication intervention for children with autism. Baltimore, MD: Paul H Brookes Publishing Company. (618.92898203 QUI Book) Quill, K.A. (1995). Teaching children with autism: Strategies to enhance communication and socialization. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, Inc. (371.94 QUI Book0 Reese, P.B., & Challenner, N.C. (2001). Autism and PDD: Adolescent social skills lessons: Health and hygiene/Interacting/Managing behavior/Secondary schools/Vocational. East Moline, IL: LinguiSystems, Inc. (IM 618.928982 REE Instructional Material/Workbooks)
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Reinecke, D.R., Newman, B., & Meinberg, D.L. (1999). Self-management of sharing in three preschoolers with autism. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 34, 312-317. Roeyers, H. (1996). The influence of nonhandicapped peers on the social interactions of children with a pervasive developmental disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26, 303-320. Rogers, S.J. (2000). Interventions that facilitate socialization in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 399-409. Rowe, C. (19099). The Stanley Segal award: Do social stories benefit children with autism in mainstream primary schools? British Journal of Special Education, 26(10, 12-14. Sasso, G.M., Mundschenk, N.A., Meloy, K.J., & Casey, S.D. (1998). A comparison of the effects of organismic and setting variables on the social interaction behavior of children with developmental disabilities and autism. Focus on Autism and other Developmental Disorders, 13, 2-16. Schreibman, L.E. (1996). Brief report: The case for social and behavioral intervention research. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26, 247-250. Simpson, R.L., Myles, B.S., Sasso, G.M., & Kamps, D.M. (1997). Social skills for students with autism. Second edition. CEC mini-library: Working with behavioral disorders. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children. (ED 414 697 Microfiche, 36 pages) Stella, J., Mundy, P., & Tuchman, R. (1999). Social and nonsocial factors in the Childhood autism rating scale. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 307-317. Strain, P.S., & Danko, C.D. (1995). Caregivers encouragement of positive interaction between preschoolers with autism and their siblings. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 3, 2-12. Strain, P.S., Danko, C.D., & Kohler, F. (1995). Activity engagement and social interaction development in young children with autism: An examination of free intervention effects. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 3, 108-123. Strain, P.S., & Hoyson, M. (2000). The need for longitudinal, intensive social skill intervention: LEAP follow-up outcomes for children with autism. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 20, 116-122. Strain, P.S., & Kohler, F.W. (1995). Analyzing predictors of daily social skill performance. Behavioral Disorders, 21, 79-88. Strain, P.S., Kohler, F.W., Storey, K., & Danko, C.D. (1994). Teaching preschoolers with autism to self-monitor their social interactions: Ana analysis of results in home and school settings. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2, 78-88. Sussman, F. (1999). More than words: Helping parents promote communication and social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder. Toronto, Ontario: Hanen Centre. (618.928982 HAN Inservice Education/Videotape/Book)

Swaggart, B.L., Gagnon, E., Bock, S.J., Earles, T.L., Quinn, C., Myles, B.S., & Simpson, R.L. (1995). Using social stories to teach social and behavioral skills to children with autism. Focus on Autistic Behavior, 10, 1-16. Swettenham, J., Baron-Cohen, S., Charman, T., Cox, A., Baird, G., Drew, A., Rees, L., & Wheelwright, S. (1998). The frequency and distribution of spontaneous attention shifts between social and nonsocial stimuli in autistic, typically developing, and nonautistic developmentally delayed infants. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 39, 747-753. Thorp, D.M., Stahmer, A.C., & Schreibman, L. (1995). Effects of sociodramatic play training on children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25, 265-282. Trad, P.V., Bernstein, D., Shapiro, T., & Hertzig, M. (1993). Assessing the relationship between affective responsivity and social interaction in children with pervasive developmental disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 23, 361-377. Travis, L., Sigman, M., & Ruskin, E.M. (2001). Links between social understanding and social behavior in verbally able children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 119-130. VanMeter, L., Fein, D., Morris, R., Waterhouse, L., & Allen, D. (1997). Delay versus deviance in autistic social behavior. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 557-569. Wimporty, D.C., Hobson, R.P., Williams, J.M.G., & Nash, S. (2000). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 525-536. Zanolli, K., & Daggett, J. (1998). The effects of reinforcement rate on the spontaneous social initiations of socially withdrawn preschoolers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 191-202.