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TRIAD Social Skills Assessment

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Vanderbilt Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) Social Skills Assessment (TSSA)

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The social challenges that children with autism experience are pervasive and lifelong. With direct intervention, children with autism can acquire the tools necessary for interacting with others. Many researchers have documented the beneficial effects of teaching social skills to children with autism.

Children with autism experience specific social challenges that are different from children with other developmental disabilities, such as understanding emotions and how to recognize and communicate feelings, knowing how to start and maintain interactions appropriately, and understanding other people’s perspectives. Because of their unique challenges, many of the tools available for assessing social skills do not address the level of detail needed for generating program plans for children with autism. In order to teach social skills, we need to determine...

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Stone, W.L., Ruble, L., Coonrod, E., Hepburn, S., Burnette, C. (2020). TRIAD Social Skills Assessment. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_514-3

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