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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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Effects of Social Skill Instruction for High-Functioning Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Barbara J. Webb

Susan P. Miller

University of Nevada Las Vegas, millersp@unlv. nevada.edu

Thomas B. Pierce

Department of Special Education at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

Sherri Strawser

University of Nevada Las Vegas

W. Paul Jones

University of Nevada Las Vegas

The purpose of this study Was to investigate the efficacy of using the SCORE Skills Strategy (Vernon, Schumaker, & Deshler, 1996) to teach high-functioning adolescents With autism spectrum disorders five important social skills. Ten male participants ranging in age from 12 to 17 took part in a 10-Week program. Results obtained using a multiple-baseline-across-skills design and a multiple-probe design indicate that all of the boys made significant gains in performance of the five targeted social skills and that the SCORE Skills Strategy is a viable program to use With high-functioning adolescents With autism spectrum disorder. The results further indicate that consumer satisfaction Was high for both the participants and their parents.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 19, No. 1, 53-62 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/10883576040190010701
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