TY - JOUR
T1 - “I Met Someone Like Me!”
T2 - Autistic Adolescents and Their Parents’ Experience of the KONTAKT® Social Skills Group Training
AU - Afsharnejad, Bahareh
AU - Falkmer, Marita
AU - Picen, Tanya
AU - Black, Melissa H.
AU - Alach, Tasha
AU - Fridell, Anna
AU - Coco, Cristina
AU - Milne, Kelly
AU - Perry, Jill
AU - Bölte, Sven
AU - Girdler, Sonya
PY - 2021/5/3
Y1 - 2021/5/3
N2 - This study captured the experiences of 35 autistic adolescents and their parents after completing a 16-session variant of social skills group training KONTAKT® (ACTRN12617001117303). Semi-structured interviews explored participants' and relatives' perceptions of KONTAKT® and associated social outcomes. Adolescents were classified as either high (HR, n = 23) or low (LR, n = 12) responders based on the primary outcome effects during the previous trial. Thematic analysis revealed that both HR and LR participants their parents were satisfied with KONTAKT®, noting consistent patterns of improvement in adolescents' social understanding, communication, relationships, and empowerment, although positive reports were more frequent among HR than LR groups. This study enhances the understanding of the impact of SSGT, which is key in improving their content, principles, and administration.
AB - This study captured the experiences of 35 autistic adolescents and their parents after completing a 16-session variant of social skills group training KONTAKT® (ACTRN12617001117303). Semi-structured interviews explored participants' and relatives' perceptions of KONTAKT® and associated social outcomes. Adolescents were classified as either high (HR, n = 23) or low (LR, n = 12) responders based on the primary outcome effects during the previous trial. Thematic analysis revealed that both HR and LR participants their parents were satisfied with KONTAKT®, noting consistent patterns of improvement in adolescents' social understanding, communication, relationships, and empowerment, although positive reports were more frequent among HR than LR groups. This study enhances the understanding of the impact of SSGT, which is key in improving their content, principles, and administration.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Autism
KW - Intervention
KW - Lived experience
KW - Social skills
KW - Thematic analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105462519&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-021-05045-1
DO - 10.1007/s10803-021-05045-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33942186
AN - SCOPUS:85105462519
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
ER -