Autism
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Sensory Processing Disorders in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Relationship to Social Maturity and Self-injurious Behavior from the Perspective of Trainers in Autism Centers.
Karokh Jawhar Jalal
The aim of study is to determine the measurement of the level of sensory processing disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder and its relationship to Social Maturity and self-injurious behavior from the perspective of trainers in autism centers in Erbil Governorate. In this study, the descriptive correlational approach was utilized. After reviewing and examining previous studies, the researcher proceeded to prepare the criteria by utilizing the criteria of (Finland,1984) for social maturity and the criteria of (Hiam,2023)for self-injurious behavior. The study population consisted of behavioral therapy trainers of autistic children for the academic year of 2025–2024. The study sample consisted of(40) trainers for autistic children as follows:(29) females and (11) males. To extract psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the instruments, statistical procedures including t-test were conducted using(SPSS)software to analyze the results: there is a significant statistical difference between the arithmetic mean and the hypothetical mean in favor of the arithmetic mean, which clarifies that the level of sensory processing disorders is high in autistic children according to their levels of involvement from perspective of the study sample. Regarding determining the level of relationship between variables, it was found that there is a strong Positive statistical correlation at the indicator level(p<.05) between sensory processes disorders and self-injurious. it was found that there is a strong Negative statistical correlation between sensory processes disorders and Social Maturity in children with autism. Given the results, the researcher made some recommendations for future studies.
Volume 12 · Issue 2 · April 2025The effectiveness of a proposed behavioral program on developing language skills for autistic children in elementary school age
Hazha Taha Muhammad, Jabar Ahmed Abdulrahman
The aim of this study is to construct a suggested behavioral program to development linguistic skills of autistic children, then identifying the effective of the program on autistic children whose age is between (6-8) to demonstrate the significant statistical differences between the pre-test and post-test in their linguistic skills, and identifying the value and huge in fact the program has on linguistic skills. In this study the researchers prepared a list of early childhood autism data (which contains information about the child) to gather information, for choose the study sample, and for sample homogeneity, and used Judard’s board to measure the cleverness (the board of shapes) and used Gilliam measurement (GARS-3) to identify autistic children, and for measurement of linguistic skills the researchers prepared a measure using literature and previous researches, which comprised of 25 items which were divided into two (Receipting language and expressive language). After extracting the specializations of the psychological measurement (validity and reliability), the measurement was ready. Then the researchers prepared a behavioral program to development linguistic skill (which is one of the skills of adaptive behavioral) of autistic children. After that they implemented the program on the sample of the study which was (8) children who were chosen after several regulatory action and consulting many experts. Using Wilcoxon-Test for the two correlated samples. The result was as follows: It was revealed that there is a significant statistical difference between the pre-test and post-test after implementing the program, and the impact of the program was noticeable. At the end based on the archived results suggestions and recommendation were presented.
Volume 11 · Issue 6 · December 2024The effect of autism on language delay with children in Dohuk Governorate Center
Shirzad Sabri Ali, Delvin Miqdad Ahmed
Autism is considered a new disorder that affects some children and greatly affects their mental development and language delay. Neglecting autism treatment may lead to serious complications, including madness. This research focuses on the effect of autism on linguistic delay among children at the Dohuk Governorate Autism Center. The research relied on the descriptive approach using a questionnaire that was distributed to special education and autism teachers in the Dohuk Governorate Education Directorate, and the data was analyzed statistically to understand the relationship between autism and language delay. The aim of the research is to know the ways of developing autism and its effect on language delay with children in the Dohuk Governorate Center, and to educate their families about the dangers of autism and ways to prevent it to protect their children from negative effects on their language and health. The results showed that language impairment is one of the main symptoms of autism, with 67% of specialist teachers answering this question “yes”. This research consists of two chapters, in addition to the introduction and conclusion. The first chapter includes the theoretical aspect and deals with autism and language delay, while the second chapter includes the analytical aspect and deals with statistical analysis and the presentation and discussion of the results.