Which approach includes collaborative therapeutic homework, including social skills or life skills groups?

• A. Ayres' Sensory Integration Frame of Reference
• B. Collaborative Therapeutic Homework
• C. Systematic Desensitization
• D. Checklists

Answer: (B)

Collaborative Therapeutic Homework centers on partnering with the child and family to carry therapy into everyday life, designing tasks that can be practiced in real-world settings and often enriching them with group activities focused on social or life skills. This approach is about co-creating goals and a plan that extends beyond the clinic, so children practice interacting with peers, managing routines, and applying new skills in everyday contexts, with support from therapists and teammates in the same home or community environment. The inclusion of social skills or life skills groups fits this framework because it provides structured opportunities to practice these skills in a collaborative, real-life context, helping skills generalize beyond therapy sessions. In contrast, Ayres' Sensory Integration Frame of Reference focuses on sensory processing and integration techniques rather than a collaborative, homework-driven model; Systematic desensitization targets anxiety reduction through gradual exposure rather than skill-building in social and daily routines; and checklists are tools for tracking progress or screening but do not describe an approach that embeds collaborative homework and group practice into therapy.