فاعلية برنامج تدريبي قائم على التكامل الحسي لتنمية التواصل اللفظي و المهارات الاجتماعية لدى أطفال التوحد

Abstract EN

Objective: The verification of the effectiveness of an educational program based on sensory integration in improving verbal communication and social skills in autism spectrum disorder patients.

Sample: The population consists of a group of children with autism spectrum disorder that were diagnosed according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM- 5 and the sample was chosen according to a few steps.

Method: It was chosen purposively from centers for people with special needs in Cairo governorate (Aghsan Al Karma center- Early Intervention Educational Foundation- Abu Sefein Center- Ni Angelos Center).

Sample Characteristics' Age, children with autism disorder in the age group (6-12) years, Gender: Boys and girls of approximate number, and consists of 10 subjects.

Tools: Verbal Communication and Social skills scales (prepared by the researcher), Gilliam Estimated Scale for Autism Diagnostics, and a training program for the development of language and social skills for autistic children using sensory integration.

Results: There are statistically significant differences between the mean degrees of verbal communication among the experimental group members between the two assessments, the pre and post assessments, in favor of the post assessment, There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group members in the two assessments (post and follow- up) on the verbal communication scale, There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of social skills among the experimental group members between the pr and post assessments in favor of the post assessment, and There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group members in the two assessments (post and follow- up) on the social.