Adaptation of the Children's Friendship Training Program for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Elizabeth A. Laugeson PsyD Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024

Blair Paley PhD Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 E-mail: [email protected]

Amy M. Schonfeld PhD 468 Pennsfield Place, Suite 200, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91360 E-mail: [email protected]

Erika M. Carpenter PhD Harbor Regional Center, 21231 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA, 90503 E-mail: [email protected]

Fred Frankel PhD and ABPP Department of Psychiatry, Children's Friendship Program, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, 300 Medical Plaza, Suite 1402, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 E-mail: [email protected]

Mary J. O'Connor PhD and ABPP Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 E-mail: [email protected]

ABSTRACT

Previous research attests to the marked impairments in social functioning exhibited by children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), suggesting that such children are in need of social skills intervention. Recently, an existing evidence-based manualized behavioral treatment for improving children's friendships was implemented and demonstrated to be effective with children aged 6–12, diagnosed with FASD. In the present report, we describe methods for adapting this behavioral intervention in line with the specific cognitive and behavioral deficits seen in children with FASD and other developmental disabilities to enhance treatment efficacy.

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