Afsharnejad, Bahareh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2825-7265
Falkmer, Marita http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7275-3472
Black, Melissa H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0293-4053
Alach, Tasha
Lenhard, Fabian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-6412
Fridell, Anna
Coco, Christina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7963-8637
Milne, Kelly
Bölte, Sven http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4579-4970
Girdler, Sonya http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-0800
Clinical trials referenced in this document:
Documents that mention this clinical trial
KONTAKT® social skills group training for Australian adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01814-6
Documents that mention this clinical trial
KONTAKT® social skills group training for Australian adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01814-6
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stan Perron Charitable Trust
Article History
Received: 21 August 2020
Accepted: 23 May 2021
First Online: 30 May 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Sven Bölte receives royalties for the German and Swedish KONTAKT® manuals and workbooks from Hogrefe Publishers. He also discloses that he has in the last 5 years acted as an author, consultant or lecturer for Medice and Roche, and receives royalties for textbooks and diagnostic tools from Hogrefe (e.g. ADOS-2, SRS-2), Kohlhammer and UTB. The ERSSQ is part of the Secret Agent Society social skills programme. Permission for use of the ERSSQ was granted by the authors (Renae Beaumont and Kate Sofronoff 2008) and the Publisher (Social Skills Training Pty Ltd: ExternalRef removed).
: Eligible participants (adolescents and parents) received detailed verbal and written information about the study and then provided their informed consent/assent during each assessment sessions. To maintain the participants’ confidentiality, the research team de-identified and securely stored the collected data. This study has ethical approval from The Curtin University’s Human Research Ethics Committee (Perth, Western Australia), a committee independent from the investigators (registration number: HRE2017-0245), provided it is conducted in accordance to the standards of the institutional committee and the 1964 Helsinki declaration [CitationRef removed].
: Prior to study, all participants had provided their consent to take part in the study and have their de-identified data published, presented in public events and conferences.
: Prior to study, all participants had provided their consent to have their de-identified data published, presented in public events and conferences.