适应PEERS®为年轻成年人计划的自闭症成年人在整个生命周期
Samantha A Harker1,2, Leslie C Baxter3, Stephen M Gallegos2
1School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 29, 2024
概括
调整后的"教育与关系技能丰富计划" (PEERS) 干预措施显示,自闭症成年人的满意度有所提高. 这种支持神经多样性的方法可以提高整个生命周期的社会技能和人际关系.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 关系技能教育和丰富计划 (PEERS) 是针对自闭症个体的基于证据的干预措施,在年轻人群中有效.
- 现有的PEERS干预措施尚未专门适应整个生命周期的自闭症成年人.
- 需要支持神经多样性的适应来支持自闭症成年人的社交沟通和关系.
研究的目的:
- 为所有年龄段的自闭症成年人适应PEERS计划,重点是中年和老年人.
- 纳入自闭症声音和反,以创建一个更肯定神经多样性的课程.
- 根据参与者和研究合作伙伴的反来评估适应性并完善适应的PEERS计划.
主要方法:
- 这项研究涉及两个连续的自闭症成年人队伍,他们参与了适应的PEERS计划.
- 收集了参与者及其研究伙伴的反,以评估计划的可接受性.
- 基于收集的反,在第一队和第二队之间对PEERS课程进行了代改进.
主要成果:
- 与第1组相比,第二组报告了与PEERS组件和整体计划的满意度显著更高.
- 参与者的反表明了改进在提高计划可接受性的有效性.
- 该研究成功开发了一个框架,以一种支持神经多样性的方式为自闭症成年人适应PEERS.
结论:
- 经过调整的PEERS计划显示,自闭症成年人的满意度和接受度有所增加.
- 这种支持神经多样性的适应解决了中年和老年自闭症成人的特定需求.
- 这种方法可以作为增强临床护理和促进自闭症成年人社会生活中接受神经多样性的模型.
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