Start Date

2023

Description

  • Adoption research shows that adoption has long- lasting psychosocial implications (Jordan & Dempsey, 2013).
  • Accumulating research reinforces the association between adoptees and long-term social challenges; research on social interventions for adoptees is scarce (Jordan & Dempsey, 2013).
  • PEERS is a 16-week, group psychosocial curriculum initially intended to improve social skills of adolescents with autism-spectrum disorder (Laugeson et al. 2012).
  • The original study sought to use PEERS intervention to improve social skills & peer relationships among adolescent adoptees (Helder et al., 2023)

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Use of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) among Adolescent Adoptees: A follow-up study

  • Adoption research shows that adoption has long- lasting psychosocial implications (Jordan & Dempsey, 2013).
  • Accumulating research reinforces the association between adoptees and long-term social challenges; research on social interventions for adoptees is scarce (Jordan & Dempsey, 2013).
  • PEERS is a 16-week, group psychosocial curriculum initially intended to improve social skills of adolescents with autism-spectrum disorder (Laugeson et al. 2012).
  • The original study sought to use PEERS intervention to improve social skills & peer relationships among adolescent adoptees (Helder et al., 2023)