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Be in the age range of 8 to 12 years
Be in the second to seventh grade of elementary schools
Have autism spectrum disorders; they have received a diagnosis of autism by a psychiatrist based on the DSM-V criteria and the diagnosis of autism should be supported by a speech and language pathologist using the GARS-2 questionnaire
Be monolingual and Persian language
Have be standard scores 70 and above on nonverbal portion of Wechsler Intelligence Test
Have be verbal fluent
Have be the ability to produce at least 100 spoken that is evaluated using the Farsi Narrative Norms Instrument guide Stories by speech and language pathologist
Have be the ability to sit behind the table and keep the attention
Have be the ability to decode words appropriate to age but weakness in reading comprehension; This is diagnosed by speech and language pathologists using reading and dyslexic tests (NEMA)

Exclusion Criteria

If they have already received SKILL intervention program
Have be sensory damage (not compensated) for visual and auditory sensations
Have be neurological problems (epilepsy, cerebral palsy) and other psychiatric disorders except autism

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The macrostructures of narrative discourse score. Timepoint: Before intervention and after intervention. Method of measurement: The Farsi Narrative Norms Instrument will be used to evaluate Narrative discourse production ability. The Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language will be used to obtain the macrostructures scores.;The microstructures of narrative discourse score. Timepoint: Before intervention and after intervention. Method of measurement: The Farsi Narrative Norms Instrument will be used to evaluate Narrative discourse production ability. The Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language will be used to obtain the microstructures scores.;Index of narrative complexity. Timepoint: Before intervention and after intervention. Method of measurement: The Farsi Narrative Norms Instrument will be used to evaluate Narrative discourse production ability. The Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language will be used to obtain the index of narrative speech complexity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reading comprehension score. Timepoint: Before intervention and after intervention. Method of measurement: The reading and dyslexic tests will be used to evaluate children’s reading ability and reading comprehension.