Why play and social skills? / Ronald Leaf and Mitchell Taubman -- Teaching interactions / Mitchell Taubman, Justin Leaf, and Alyne Kuyumjian -- Social skills groups / Mitchell Taubmand and Ron Leaf -- Socialization and adolescence / Tracee Parker -- True friendships / Mitchell Taubman, ... [et al.] -- Assessment of social skills in ASD: a user's guide / B.J. Freeman -- Creating curricula: task and strategic analysis / Karen McKinnon -- The social skills taxonomy explained / Mitchell Taubman -- A social skills curriculum for individuals with ASD / Mitchell Taubman, ... [et al.] -- Social awareness -- Social communication -- Social interaction -- Social learning -- Social relatedness.