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Improving Socialization for High School Students with ASD by Using Their Preferred Interests: Methodology: Cohorts

Cohort 1:

  • 4 adolescent boys made up cohort one; three were Hispanic and one was Caucasian. They each went to a public high school and all of them were included in normal classes.
  • Participant 1 expressed interest in a movie club, so researchers created a Movie Trivia Club that met on Fridays at lunch.
  • Participant 2's interests revolved around frisbee, so researchers helped reform the school's Ultimate Frisbee Club which met once a week.
  • Participants 3-4 both wanted to join the Video Game Club which already existed and met everyday of the week. They allowed a grad student who specialized in special education to come in twice a week to facilitate structured tournaments.

Cohort 2:

  • 3 adolescents made up cohort two; one participant was hispanic and the other two were half caucasian and half hispanic. Two of them were boys and the other was a girl. Each went to public high schools and were all included in normal classes.
  • Participant 5 wanted to join an intramural basketball team, so researchers created an intramural basketball club which met once a week.
  • Participant 6 was interested in computer graphics, so researchers created a computer graphics club that met once a week.
  • Participant 7 was interested in cooking, so researchers created a cooking club which met once a week. This participant became the president.

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Updated 2021-02-13

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