اضطراب المعالجة الحسية لدى أطفال التوحد

Abstract EN

The current research aims to identify the following : 1.

Sensory processing disorder in autistic children.

2.

The statistically significant differences in the level of sensory processing disorder among autistic children according to the gender variable (male - female).

To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher used the descriptive correlative approach as a methodology of procedures, and the researcher followed the scientific steps adopted in psychometrics to build a measure of sensory processing disorder for autistic children based on the theory of Ayres-1979 (Jean) for sensory processing disorder, which consisted of (35) paragraphs in its final form The researcher verified the psychometric characteristics of the scales of validity and reliability on a sample of (120) boys and girls in the Imam Hussein Institute (peace be upon him) for autistic children in Karbala governorate, distributed according to the gender variable (males - females), they were chosen by the intentional twisted distribution method.

(Extremist), and after completing the construction and preparation of the two research scales, it was applied to the final research sample of (70) boys and girls in the centers of special education and autistic children in the province of Babylon (The Wissam of Mercy Center for Children with Special Needs, Al-Attaba Husseiniya Center for Autistic Children, Al-Mazaya Center for Special Education They were selected using the same method and the previous method, distributed by gender (males - females) for the academic year (2021 2022), and the data were processed statistically using the statistical package (SPSS).

Version (25), the search results showed the following : 1.

There are statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) indicating that the research sample (autistic children) suffer from a high level of sensory processing disorder.

2.

There are statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) in the level of sensory processing disorder among autistic children, according to the gender variable (male - female) in favor of males.