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A Cognitive Behavioral Model for the Treatment of Social-Communicative Deficits in Adolescents with Autism

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Behavior Disorders of Adolescence

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In recent years, language (Rutter, 1978), then communication (Prizant & Wetherby, 1985; Wetherby & Prutting, 1984), and then social development (Fein, Pennnington, & Waterhouse, 1987; Rutter & Schopler, 1987) have each been identified as primary areas of deficit in autism. As conceptualizations have shifted from autism as a language or communication disorder to autism as a social impairment, it remains unclear what constitutes a communication disorder, what constitutes a social deficit, and how they differ. At some level, all communication is socially directed, and all social behavior, again at some level, implies communication. The understanding of the behavioral deficits in communication (including language) and social skills has improved with the gradual accumulation of research findings about specific behaviors in autistic children and adolescents (Lord, 1984; Mundy, Sigman, Ungerer, & Sherman, 1986; Tager-Flusberg, 1981). Similarly, numerous intervention techniques in the areas of communication and social skills have been proposed and evaluated (Gaylord-Ross, Haring, Breen, & Pitts-Conway, 1984; Goetz, Schuler, & Sailor, 1984; Lord & O’Neill, 1983; Strain, 1983). Often, however, there has been little relationship between descriptive studies and intervention-oriented research, nor have there been many attempts to integrate clinical interventions and basic research into a single framework (Dawson & Galpert, 1986).

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Lord, C. (1990). A Cognitive Behavioral Model for the Treatment of Social-Communicative Deficits in Adolescents with Autism. In: McMahon, R.J., DeV. Peters, R. (eds) Behavior Disorders of Adolescence. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3734-2_11

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