UCLA
Director of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) Clinic at UCLA and author of The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults
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Elizabeth Laugeson
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FROM Elizabeth Laugeson
Which Way, L.A.?
Teaching Social Skills to Socially Challenged Kids Autism covers a broad category of troubles with social interaction, including verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. It's said to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and symptoms arise when children are two or three. As they grow older, help in dealing with other people is needed. UCLA's Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) has come up with what it calls an "evidence-based" program.
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