Families Signed Up to Have Their Child Be a Part

Families signed up to have their child be a part of a new social skills group that was starting up at the local community center. These families all have a child with an autism spectrum disorder and that child has difficulty initiating and maintaining social interaction with peers. The families are told by the clinician that the program is 6 weeks long and has helped many children improve their social skills. The group meets four times a week for 2-hour sessions. After the first week some of the families did not see improvement and the families got together to discuss whether this program was worth the effort and time. What should the program developers be more concerned with?

A) maturation
B) mortality
C) history
D) testing effects