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Are Peer Support Groups for Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome Helpful?

Bernhard Weidle

St Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Britt Bolme

Troendelag Resource Centre for Special Education, Levanger, Norway

Anne Lise Hoeyland

St Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

There is very little documentation dealing with peer support groups for people with Asperger's syndrome, and especially about groups for adolescents. This article gives a description of three such groups that were run in parallel with support groups for parents. The great majority of the participants completed the course of the group. In a consumer satisfaction survey, the majority of the participants (76.5%) and nearly all of their parents (95%) rated satisfaction with the group meetings as good or very good. These responses indicate that adolescents with Asperger's syndrome and their parents perceive peer support groups as helpful.

Key Words: adolescents • Asperger's syndrome • peer support groups

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 1, 45-62 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104506059119
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