Publication / comparison groups | Inclusion / exclusion criteria | Subjects, number; age; RP | Intervention | Manual | Outcome measures pre/post treatment | Results pre/post treatment | Effect size group x time # |
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Beaumont and Sofronoff, 2008, Junior Detective Training Program / treatment versus wait-list control condition | Asperger syndrome; IQ > 85; no exclusion criteria reported | N = 49; 7.5-11 years; RP not described | 4-weekly computer game training sessions (child and parents, 45 minutes) plus 8-weekly group therapy sessions with global targets (2 therapists / 3 children, 75 minutes); parallel 8-weekly parent trainings; teacher handouts | Yes | No primary outcome measure | ||
SSQ-P (PR) | P < 0.001 | η2 = 0.37 | |||||
ERSSQ-P (PR) | P < 0.001 | ||||||
Child measures: | |||||||
Emotion recognition | ns | ||||||
Knowledge of emotion management strategies | P < 0.001 | ||||||
Treatment effect was maintained for 5 months (parent ratings) | |||||||
DeRosier et al., 2011 S.S.GRIN-HFA / treatment versus traditional S.S.GRIN | Autism, Asperger syndrome, PDD-nos; IQ > 85; exclusion of children with CBCL-aggression subscale > 70 | N = 55; 8-12 years; RP not described | S.S.GRIN-HFA: 15 group sessions of 60 minutes, and 4 parent training sessions; traditional S.S.GRIN: 10 group sessions of 60 minutes (2 therapists/group) | Yes | No primary outcome measure | ||
Parent report: SRS – subscales | P < 0.05 | d: 0.68 - 0.94 | |||||
ALQ | P < 0.05 | d = 0.75 | |||||
Child report: | |||||||
Social dissatisfaction | |||||||
questionnaire | ns | ||||||
Social self-efficacy scale | ns | ||||||
Frankel et al., 2010 Children’s Friendship Training” / treatment versus wait-list control condition | Autism spectrum disorder (ADI-R, ADOS); verbal IQ > 60; child has to be able to switch topics in conversation and knows several play rules; attending regular classroom without individual support; exclusion criteria: psychotropic medication; neurological or medical disorder | N = 76 randomised, n = 68 completed training (58 boys, 10 girls); 7 - 12 years; RP: random.org | 12 weeks of CFT within classes conducted by the UCLA friendship program; 12 session of 60 minutes for the child; 12 parallel sessions of 60 minutes for parents parents support homework and generalisation (i.e. arranging play dates) | Yes | No primary outcome measure | ||
Child report: | |||||||
The loneliness scale | P < 0.025 | ||||||
Piers-Harris self-concept scale | P < 0.025 | ||||||
parent report: | 2 subscales P < 0.001 | ||||||
QPQ-P (5 subscales) | |||||||
SSRS (4 subscales) | 1 subscale P < 0.05 | ||||||
Teacher report: PEI treatment effect was maintained for 3 months (parent ratings) | ns | ||||||
Koenig et al., 2010 / treatment versus wait-list control condition | Pervasive developmental disorder (ADOS, SCQ, PDD-BI) full scale IQ >= 70; exclusion criteria: severe aggressive behaviour, self-injury, oppositional behaviour | N = 44; 8-11 years (34 boys, 10 girls); RP: by external faculty member | 16 group therapy sessions of 75 minutes (2 therapists / 4-5 children, 2 peer tutors); after 3rd session: individual treatment plan for each child (pro-social behavioural objectives; strategies) | Yes | Primary outcome measure: CGI-I | P = 0.001 | |
Secondary outcome measure: Prosocial Index of the Social Competence Inventory (PR) | ns | ||||||
Lopata et al., 2010 / treatment versus wait-list control condition | Autism, Asperger Syndrome, PDD-nos IQ > 70, verbal IQ > 80; no exclusion criteria reported | N = 36; 7-12 years; RP not described | Summer training program: 5 weeks with 5 × 70 minutes treatment cycles/day and 3 therapists/6 children; parents: 1/week parent training of 90 minutes | Yes | Set of primary outcome measures; child measures: | One-tailed tests | |
social skills knowledge | P < 0.001 | d = 1.27 | |||||
DANVA-2 | ns | d = 0.53 | |||||
CASL | P < 0.001 | d = 0.39 | |||||
parent ratings: | |||||||
ASC | P = 0.006 | d = 0.58 | |||||
SRS | P = 0.003 | d = 0.63 | |||||
BASC-2-PRS: withdrawal | P < 0.001 | d = 1.06 | |||||
BASC-2-PRS: social skills | ns | d = 0.37 |