PO407: Taking Social Skills Solo

  • PMD: 4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 10: Psychological Services for Students With Autism

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn how to utilize an evidence-based social skills group intervention with individual students;
  2. learn how to incorporate student choice into intervention planning and implementation; and
  3. learn ways to adapt current social skills interventions to fit their unique needs.

Description

Social skills interventions are imperative for student success, but social skills groups can be difficult to implement. Learn how researchers adapted a group-based intervention for an individual student with autism.

Presenter(s)

Rylee C. McHenry, Mississippi State University
Jillian G. Ressler, Mississippi State University
Hailey E. Ripple, Mississippi State University

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