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1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. Typical development of social-communication
4. Pragmatic domains
5. Pragmatic development: school age (1)
6. Pragmatic development: school age (2)
7. Pragmatic development: adolescence
8. Discourse management
9. Persuasion
10. Negotiation
11. Language development in ASD
12. Impairments in pragmatic skills in ASD
13. Language in ASD: Overview
14. Assessment of pragmatic and social skills
15. Assessment: School-age
16. Yale Pragmatic Rating Scale (YPRS)
17. YPRS coding categories
18. YPRS records form for rating
19. Items that differentiated ASD group from TD
20. HFA vs. AS pragmatic differences
21. YPRS: Summary
22. Critical observations for speakers with ASD
23. Approaches to social skills programming
24. Evidence-based practices: School-age
25. Scripting and fading
26. Scripting social skills
27. Scripts and script fading: Social skills
28. Incidental teaching
29. Peer group entry (1)
30. Peer group entry (2)
31. Buddy time
32. Direct instruction (1)
33. Direct instruction (2)
34. Social stories
35. Games based on special interests
36. Video modeling (1)
37. Video modeling (2)
38. Social cognitive skills training
39. Visual aids (1)
40. Visual aids (2)
41. Social skills groups
42. Peer support networks
43. Additional techniques: Social skills training
44. Principles of pragmatic intervention strategies
45. Acknowledgements
46. Appendix

Topics Covered

• Typical development of social communication
• Pragmatic development in school age, later childhood and adolescence
• Differences in language development in ASD
• Impairments in pragmatic skills
• Assessment of pragmatic and social skills
• Experimental investigations of pragmatic communication
• Yale Pragmatic Rating Scale (YPRS)
• Critical observations for speakers with ASD
• Evidence-based approaches to social skills programming
• Principles of pragmatic intervention strategies

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Series:

• Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Paul, R. (2010, February 25). Social skills development, assessment and programming in school-aged speakers with autism spectrum disorders [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/JPQI1959.
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Publication History

• Published on February 25, 2010
• Archived on August 31, 2020

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Rhea Paul has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.