آليات تنفيذ برنامج لإكساب التوحديين مهارات التواصل الاجتماعي : دراسة وصفية

الملخص EN

Autism is one of the most severe developing handicaps.

The child suffers from weakness in communication and has poor social relations and this is some of the most prominent symptoms in this disorder, which is regarded by specialists and parents with great interest.

Also there is the appearance of some abnormal behavior.

The child has no means of communication with people around him/her.

He/She has problems regarding speech and communication.

Years could pass without uttering a single word.

In some cases, he/she could say few words then lose the ability to speak.

The researchers believe in the possibility of setting some mechanisms for executing a program designed to serve the community represented in games, acting, story, crafts, trips and music to help autistic children acquire social communication skills with their environments.

Those children are to join community groups to participate in this mechanisms on annual basis to reduce their withdrawal from their social surroundings, their isolation in their self inflicted walls and help them acquire social communication skills.

Research GoalsZ 1.

Recognizing the most used mechanisms for executing the program on autistic children.

2.

Recognizing the nature and role of those mechanisms in executing the program designed for acquiring autistic children social communication skills.

Research HypothesisZ Are there mechanisms for executing a program designed for acquiring autistic childrensocial communication skills? Research ToolsZ 1.

A measuring form about the practices of community specialists and kindergarten teachers of mechanisms for executing the program (prepared by the researchers).

2.

Interview Guide designed for the managers of mentally retarded children institutions.

3.

Professional interview as means of collecting data.

Research ResultsZ 1.

The results confirmed that the story as one of expression means can achieve social communication skills for autistic children, but the story should clarify the world surrounding the child.

This could be achieved in case of choosing an appropriate story for the aspects and characteristics of every child individually.

2.

The results connected to specialists and kindergarten teachers' views about using trips as one of the means with autistic children showed the importance of choosing the trip location to contribute in forming new set of knowledge for the child.

Also, there is the necessity to inform parents of the location of the trip, the time of its beginning and its end.

3.

The results concerning the Play as a means showed that it is used with autistic children to reduce conflict and agitation which affect their social interaction with others.