Families signed up to have their child be a part of a new social skills group starting at the local community building. These families all have a child with an autism spectrum disorder and that child has difficulty initiating and maintaining social interaction with peers. The families are told by the clinician that the program is 6 weeks long and has helped many children improve their social skills. The group meets four times a week for 2-hour sessions. After the first week some of the families did not see improvement and the families got together to discuss whether this program was worth the effort and time. What should the program developers be more concerned with?

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The program developers should be concerned with "mortality," which refers to participants dropping out of the program. If families do not see immediate improvement, they might withdraw their children from the program, affecting the program's overall effectiveness and evaluation.

Families Signed Up to Have Their Child Be a Part