Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy plan to improve social skills in children with autism

Abstract

Social skills in children are a fundamental parameter for their social development. In the case of children with autism spectrum disorder, due to the condition they generally show, they have difficulties in the normal development of their social skills, which intervene and limit the social interaction they face daily in the different areas in which they develop. The study was carried out with the objective of identifying the main effects presented in children with ASD in terms of their social skills, in order to develop a cognitive behavioral psychotherapy plan through the results that allows improving these skills. For this purpose, the "Goldstein social skills test" and a survey of parents were used, which allowed the results of the scale to be evidenced. Its methodology was non-experimental, cross-sectional, with a descriptive scope and deductive method, and the sample was chosen by the non-probabilistic method of convenience. The scale showed that children have greater difficulty maintaining conversational skills, so the intervention plan, using dynamic strategies, is expected to improve the interaction and social development of children with autism