Teaching social skills to autistic teens (SOP1)

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2013

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Going back to school and making friends is a challenge, especially for students with autism spectrum disorder. Psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, PsyD, discusses a training program that she developed to teach skills that allow them to interact with their peers and build lasting friendships. The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) is designed for adolescents through young adults and can be provided by professionals in the schools or mental health providers. APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.2	Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, a podcast from the American Psychological Association.
0:46.7	The anxiety of a new school year can affect almost any student.
0:50.2	They may be worried about which teachers they'll have or the prospect of meeting new classmates.
0:55.0	For students with autism spectrum disorder, meeting new people and making friends is especially challenging.
1:00.8	In this episode, we'll hear from Dr. Elizabeth Loggison, a psychologist who runs the program for the education and enrichment of relational skills, or peers, at UCLA, where the latest autism behavioral research
1:13.0	is used to help teens make and keep friends.
1:26.6	Elizabeth Loggison is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA.
1:34.6	She is the founder and director of the UCLA Peers Clinic, where she works directly with teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder.
1:42.4	Her research, investigating social skills training for
1:45.1	youth from preschool to early adulthood, has been widely published and recognized. Her studies have
1:50.6	been funded by the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1:55.2	Welcome, Dr. Loggerson. Thank you for having me. The program you lead at UCLA, the Peers Program,
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