Children with ASD Cope Better with Group Therapy

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• Objective: can group-based behavioural therapy raise social responsiveness of children and adolescents who have ASD

• Generally there was social behavioural improvement, and stable 3 months after, more so for those with increased IQ and severe symptoms

• SOSTA-net trial analyzed 209 children and adolescents with ASD, aged 8 to 18 over 3 years

• Published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry