Social skills training in Asperger’s Syndrome

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Maria Cecília Gomes Pereira Ferreira de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Dilascio, Mariana Guimarães
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Debates em Psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/144
• topic: Síndrome de Asperger; treinamento de habilidades sociais; terapia cognitivo comportamental; Asperger’s syndrome; social skills training; cognitive behavioral therapy

Asperger’s syndrome is a disorder of the autism spectrum that causes impairment of social, verbal and nonverbal functioning as well as of cognitive and behavioral flexibility. The treatment of such characteristics with cognitive behavioral therapy-based social skills training programs aims at improving the quality of life and decreasing some psychiatric symptoms in these patients. The difficulties most commonly addressed include: 1) social comprehension; 2) social rules and interpersonal expectations; 3) reciprocal conversation; 4) use and interpretation of nonverbal communication; 5) self-control; 6) control of stereotyped behaviors and obsessive interests; and 7) making friends. This paper is a critical review of the literature.