Table 1.

Intervention Description

	CHILD (six weeks total)	PEER (six weeks total)
Children trained	Target child with ASD	Three classroom peers of child with ASD (determined by teacher recommendation and average social network centrality (SNC)
Needs assessment	Upto 4 individualized skill deficits identified using observations & child assessments	None
Training format	1:1 didactics and practice with adult interventionist during unstructured social periods of school day	Group peer training during unstructured social periods of school day
Intensity/Duration	6 weeks total: 12 sessions of 20 minutes each, 2x per week	6 weeks total: 12 sessions of 20 minutes each, 2x per week
Skill building	Individual, personalized skill building sessions with the child with ASD that targets each skill sequentially (behavioral and developmental approaches). Each targeted skill was reviewed with the child, with multiple opportunities for practice during sessions and adult coaching, modeling and feedback	Group social skills training was focused on positive social modeling. Peers were given the opportunity to practice facilitating and engaging children with social needs on the playground. Specific social concerns of the child with ASD were addressed globally so as not to identify the child with ASD directly
Homework	Homework was used to encourage children with ASD to practice strategies and skills in social interactions without the interventionist present	Homework was used to encourage peers to practice strategies and skills to engage with children with social needs
Reinforcement	Child was reinforced for social attempts and successes with peers	Peers were reinforced for appropriate engagement with children with social needs