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Parent-assisted friendship training for children with autism spectrum disorders: effects of psychotropic medicationFred Frankel
UCLA School of Medicine, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 1402, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 6967, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 37:337-46. 2007..It was hypothesized that being prescribed psychotropic medication was a marker for refractory psychosocial treatment response by children with autism spectrum disorders...- Do stimulants improve self-esteem in children with ADHD and peer problems?F Frankel
UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, California 90095 6968, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 9:185-94. 1999..The present results suggest a need for a well-controlled study to determine if stimulants were responsible for the observed differences in self-esteem... 
A randomized controlled study of parent-assisted Children's Friendship Training with children having autism spectrum disordersFred Frankel
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 40:827-42. 2010..Post-hoc analysis indicated more than 87% of children receiving CFT showed reliable change on at least one measure at post-test and 66.7% after 3 months follow-up...- Stimulants, neuroleptics, and children's friendship training for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disordersFred Frankel
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 16:777-89. 2006..The present study reports on the interaction between medication status and parent and teacher-reported outcomes for parent-assisted Children's Friendship Training (CFT)... 
Impact of a social skills intervention on the hostile attributions of children with prenatal alcohol exposureVIVIEN KEIL
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 92630, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:231-41. 2010..Further, was there a differential impact of the intervention on hostile attributions in the context of peer provocation versus group entry scenarios?..- Executive functioning predicts social skills following prenatal alcohol exposureAmy M Schonfeld
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Child Neuropsychol 12:439-52. 2006..It may be helpful to consider executive functioning in designing social skills interventions for alcohol-exposed children whether or not they have full FAS... - Predictors of stress in parents of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disordersBlair Paley
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 27:396-404. 2006..Findings highlight the need to provide support not only to children with FASDs, but to their caregivers as well... - A controlled social skills training for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disordersMARY J O'CONNOR
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:639-48. 2006..Teachers did not report improvement as a function of social skills treatment. The findings suggest that children with FASD benefit from CFT but that these social skills gains may not be observed in the classroom... - Parent-assisted social skills training to improve friendships in teens with autism spectrum disordersElizabeth A Laugeson
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 39:596-606. 2009..Possibly due to poor return rate of questionnaires, social skills improvement reported by teachers was not significant. Future research should provide follow-up data to test the durability of treatment... - Parent-assisted group treatment for friendship problems of children with autism spectrum disordersFred Frankel
Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, USA
Brain Res 1380:240-5. 2011..The content of Children's Friendship Training is briefly described and results of controlled studies are reviewed. Limitations of previous research and future directions are also described... - Behavioral regulation as a predictor of response to Children's Friendship Training in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disordersAmy M Schonfeld
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1759, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 23:428-45. 2009..Specifically, the ability to control impulses, solve problems flexibly, and monitor emotional responses significantly predicted improvement in social skills and reduction in problem behaviors following CFT... - Social problems associated with ADHD vs. ODD in children referred for friendship problemsFred Frankel
UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 33:125-46. 2002..Social skills programs should target social deficits associated with ODD and ADHD. The scales refined in the present study offer a convenient means of assessing peer dysfunction from the points of view of parents and teachers...
Research Grants
- SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR MEDICATED ADHD CHILDRENFREDERICK FRANKEL; Fiscal Year: 2005....