Vitória Graciela Quandt, Thais Martins-Silva, Cristina Corrêa Kaufmann, Renata Moraes Bielemann, Ludmila Corrêa Muniz, Gicele Costa Mintem
[Body image and associated factors among students from the municipal school network in a city in southern Brazil]
Ciencia & saude coletiva
program education enrichment relational skills peers designed enhance social skills relationships individuals autism spectrum disorder asd caregivers primarily implemented older children adolescents ages 1119 leaving gap research effectiveness young children scoping review assesses evidence effectiveness peers program children asd literature search conducted resulting 97 articles following implementation inclusion exclusion criteria four articles level iii iv evidence based cebm guidelines included review studies demonstrated positive findings regarding social skills development one study revealing statistically significant results increasing social skills decreasing problem behaviors participation peers program scoping review found improvements peers programs social skills young children ages 47 asd however research warranted emphasizing larger sample sizes consideration external factors implementation randomization blinding future studies