فعالية برنامج قائم على مهارات المعالجة البصرية في تحسين الانتباه الانتقائي لدى الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد

Abstract EN

The current study sought to investigate the effectiveness of a program to develop visual processing and its effect on selective attention among children with autism spectrum disorder.

basic sample was of 12 children with autism spectrum disorder between 4 and 6 years of age and their mothers.

they were recruited from Marah centre in Zagazig.

they were randomly assigned into two matched groups (experimental control) each of which comprised (6) subjects.

to collect data, Stanford-Binet intelligence scales (5th edition) (standardized by Mahmoud Abu el-Neil, 2011), cars autism rating scale, social, economic and cultural status scale (Saafan & Khattab, 2016), selective attention scale (prepared by the researcher) and the training program (prepared by the researcher) were utilized.

results showed the effectiveness of the visual processing based program in improving selective attention among children with autism spectrum disorder.