فاعلية برنامج تحليل السلوك التطبيقي لتنمية بعض المهارات الاجتماعية للأطفال الذاتويين

Abstract EN

Aim: This study drives at checking the effectiveness of the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program in developing some social skills for autistic children.

Sample: The current study sample consists of 12 male and female autistic children with mild to moderate autistic disorder, their chronological ages range from (4- 6) years.

They are divided into two groups, the experimental group and includes (6 male/female children), and the control group that includes (6 male/ female children).

Tools: The researcher relies on the following tools: Child's Initial Data Form (by the researcher), The, Socio- Economic Cultural Level (by Azza Abdel- Gawad, 2010), Stanford Binet Scale for Intelligence Version V.

(Arabization of Safwat Farag, 2011), Gilliam Scale (CARS) (by Mohamed Al- Sayed, Mona Khalifa, 2004), Scale of Social Skills (by the researcher), Self- reinforcement Form For Children (by the researcher), the Applied Behavior Analysis Program for Autistic Children (by the researcher).

Results: The results of this study show that there are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group of autistic children regarding both the pre/ post measurements of the program on the scale of social skills; while there are no statistically significant differences between average scores of the control group regarding the pre/post measurements on scale of the self- social skills of the autistic child, in favor of the post- measurement.

There are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group and the control group regarding the post- measurement on the scale of social skills for autistic child, in favor of the experimental group.

There are no statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group's scores regarding the post/follow up measurements of the program's procedures on the scale of social skills for autistic child.