New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline: Supplementary Paper on Social Skills Groups for Children and Young People with ASD

Published online: 
03 March 2016
Supplementary Paper on Social Skills Groups for Children and Young People with ASD

The third edition of the Guideline was released on 21 November 2022:

Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People now lead the Guideline and the Living Guideline process, in partnership with the Ministry of Education.

The New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline was published in April 2008. As part of their commitment to the implementation of the Guideline, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education agreed to establish a Living Guideline process. This process is where a guideline is regularly updated and refined to reflect new evidence and changing user needs.

This supplementary paper describes a systematic review which aims to provide an evidence-based synthesis of research published in or beyond 2004 relating to group-based social skills training for children and young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The supplementary paper updates the evidence considered in the first edition of the New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline Guideline, published in 2008. Also reported are revised and new recommendations pertinent to the topic developed by the Living Guideline Group following consideration of the reviewed evidence. These revisions have been incorporated into the 2nd edition of the Guideline, published in 2016, available at New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline.

Publishing information

  • Date of publication:
    03 March 2016
  • ISBN:
    978-0-947491-72-7
  • HP number:
    6364
  • Citation:
    Broadstock M. 2016. New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline supplementary paper on social skills groups for children and young people with ASD. Christchurch: INSIGHT Research.
  • Ordering information:
    Only soft copy available to download
  • Copyright status:

    Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

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