Compilation of the Educational Package of Participatory Games and its Effectiveness on the Social Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Subject Areas : Educationalroohallah fathabadi 1 , Parviz i Sharif Daramad 2 , Saeed Rezayi 3
1 - Psychology of Exceptional Children, Allameh TabatabaiUniversity,Tehran,Iran
2 - Department of Psychology of Exceptional Children, Faculty of psychology and educational sceinces, Allameh Tabataba'i Universit,Tehran,Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor in Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University,Teran,Iran.
Keywords: social skills, participatory games, autism spectrum disorder,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to formulate educational package of participatory games and its effectiveness on social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder. The research method was semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of this study was all children aged 8 to 12 years old with autism spectrum disorders from Tehran health care and rehabilitation centers in 2018. In this study, 20 boys with autism spectrum disorder were selected by using available sampling method and were randomly assigned into two experimental (10 subjects) and control groups (10 subjects). The Social questionnaire was used to assess social skills. The experimental group received 10 sessions of 45 minutes training during the 2 months of training Package, while the control group did not receive such intervention. At the end, both groups were evaluated by the Bellini Social Profile Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results of this study showed that coaching training improves the social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder.
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