New approach to Autism interventions with Social Stories

Duration: 36 mins Publication Date: 16 Apr 2025 Next Review Date: 16 Apr 2028 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13711

Description

What are some of the characteristics of autism in childhood? What are Social Stories? How can the Social Stories™ intervention address the social and emotional health of autistic children in UK primary schools? All this and more answered as Professor Umar Toseeb interviews Professor Barry Wright, Dr. Jane Blackwell, Dr. Kerry Bell, and Emma Standley about their pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the Social Stories™ intervention.

Learning Objectives

1. What autism is and some of the characteristics of autism in childhood.

2. Is there evidence that interventions for autistic children work?

3. What Social Stories are, the key ingredients of a Social Story, and insight into Carol Gray's Social Stories™.

4. The evidence-base and what evidence gap the CAMH paper aims to address.

5. What the findings mean for education professionals and future research directions.


Paper Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12740

About this Lesson

Speakers

Emma Standley

Emma Standley

Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator) in the York Trials Unit

Professor Barry Wright

Professor Barry Wright

Retired substantive Professor of Child Mental Health at the University of York and in the NHS.

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