فاعلية القصة الرقمية التفاعلية للأطفال التوحديين في تنمية المهارات الاجتماعية

الملخص EN

The aim of the research is to know the effectiveness of the interactive digital story for autistic children in developing their social skills.

In order to achieve the research objectives, the researcher followed the quasi-experimental approach, where the research sample consisted of (40) male and female autistic children in different centers in the second semester of the academic year 2020-2021.

The children were divided into two groups, one of which is the experimental group that studied using the interactive digital story.

This group consisted of 20) males and females autistic children.

The other is the control group that studied in a traditional way, this group contained (20) males and females autistic children .

The researcher has prepared the research tools represented in: a card of social skills observation, a test of attitudes for the skill of social etiquette, the skill of cooperation, the skill of forming friendships, the skill of following instructions and rules, the skill of emotional control.

The researcher has also ascertained the validity and stability of these tools, and used multiple statistical methods to analyze the results.

They are: (T) test for two independent samples and (T) test for two linked samples, and Blake's modified gain ratio, the research showed the following results : 1-There are statistically significant mean differences at the level of significance (0.05) between the two mean scores of the experimental group students that studied using the interactive digital story and the control group that studied using a traditional story in the post application in the social attitudes test in favor of the experimental group .

2-There are statistically significant mean differences at a significance level (0.05) between the two mean scores of the experimental group students that studied using the interactive digital story and the control group that studied using a traditional story in the post application of the social skills observation card in favor of the experimental group.

In light of the previous results, the research recommended the necessity of employing educational programs based on interactive digital stories to develop various study skills among autistic children, and those with special needs in general, and the application of educational theories in the education of people with special needs.