AUCD: Poster Symposium: Transition Strategies: Social Engagement Groups for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: the myLIFE Program

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Presenter

Matthew Segall, PhD, Assistant Professor
Emory Autism Center

Other Presenter(s)

Toni Thomas, BA, Emory Autism Center, Atlanta, GA, United States;
Kelsey Bohlke, MS, CRC, Emory Autism Center, Atlanta, GA, United States;
Opal Ousley, PhD, Emory Autism Center, Atlanta, GA, United States;

Description

This presentation will describe a pilot social engagement program for young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The �myLIFE� program is an implementation of naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention, highlighting evidence based strategies for ASD such as incidental teaching, natural reinforcement, antecedent based intervention, prompting, and modeling. Participants in the myLIFE program engage in natural social, leisure, and life skills activities alongside trained same-age typically developing peers.

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