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Assessment of Social Skills and Social Competence in Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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In practical terms, autism, or as it is generally referred to today, autism spectrum disorder is a pervasive developmental disorder impacting communicative and social competence and characterized by restricted patterns of behavior, interests or activities, and stereotypic behavior (e.g., Volkmar & Klin, 2005). The term autism spectrum disorder is used to describe the wide diversity of expression within this diagnostic category and is generally acknowledged to include the separate diagnoses of autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS).

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    Peter F. Gerhardt

  2. Connecticut Center for Child Development and Institution for Educational Planning, 243 Broad Street, Milford, CT, 06460, USA

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  1. Dept. Psychology, University of Maine, Little Hall 5742, Orono, 04469, U.S.A.

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Gerhardt, P.F., Mayville, E. (2010). Assessment of Social Skills and Social Competence in Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Nangle, D., Hansen, D., Erdley, C., Norton, P. (eds) Practitioner's Guide to Empirically Based Measures of Social Skills. ABCT Clinical Assessment Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0609-0_13

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