اتجاهات معلمي التوحد نحو عملية تشخيص الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد و علاقتها ببعض المتغيرات في منطقة مكة المكرمة

الملخص EN

The current study aimed to identify the attitudes of autism teachers towards the process of diagnosing children with autism spectrum disorder and its relationship to some variables in the Makkah region, The researchers used the descriptive survey method, and the questionnaire consisted of (28) items distributed on (3) dimensions, and the sample included (201) teachers of children with autism spectrum disorder in the Makkah region, It is clear from the results that the level of autism teachers’ attitudes towards the process of diagnosing children with autism spectrum disorder was at an average of (3.399), i.e.

a medium degree according to the criterion adopted by the study according to the five-point Likert scale.

) in the first rank with an arithmetic mean (3.551), and to a large degree, and in the second place came the axis (diagnostic team) with an average (3.362), which is a medium degree, and in the last third place came the axis (diagnostic tools) with an average (3.282), which is also a medium degree, and as the results of the study revealed that there are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (a≤0.5) in the attitudes of autism teachers towards the process of diagnosing children with autism spectrum disorder due to gender variables ( male / a Female), educational qualification, and years of experience.

One of the most important recommendations of the study was the establishment of training courses for those in charge of the diagnostic process, as well as holding awareness-raising meetings on the importance of diagnosis at an early age of the child, as well as working on the development of diagnostic tools.