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Abstract
We evaluated the effectiveness of contextual intervention to increase participation in self- or parent-identified activities for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The eight- session intervention involved the use of coaching principles to convey information, everyday routines, and authentic settings and sensory processing information to support adolescent and parent problem solving. Results indicate that the adolescents significantly increased their participation in everyday activities important to them and sustained this increase in participation after the completion of the study. The results suggest that contextual intervention using coaching principles is an effective intervention.