UCLA Helping College Students with Autism

Autistic students at UCLA are being offered a 16-week course to help them improve their social skills and communication. Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson says, "From there we talk about things like peer entry and exiting, and that's just going up to people and starting conversations or joining conversations."  Dr. Laugeson is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA. She is also the founder of what is known as PEERS. It stands for "Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills."