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In fact, autism is a specific clinical syndrome with the certain disorders in the social behavior, verbal and non-verbal communications, imaginative activities and the existence of an infinite range of interests. This study was conducted with the aim of compiling a program to teach body language skills and its effectiveness on social skills, motor skills and selective attention of 8-12 years old autistic children with high performance in Semnan.
This is a semi-experimental research method and a pre-test and post-test type with a control group. The statistical universe consisted of 30 autistic children with high performance aged 7-12 years old in Semnan and the sample size was also considered as 30 individuals. The method was the convenience sampling one in this research and the members of the sample group were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. The subjects were examined individually in the pre-test and post-test stages by D2 Selective Attention Assessment Tests, Gersham and Elliot's social skills as well as Ulrich's motor skills 2.
After conducting statistical studies, the covariance analysis of the results showed that the training of body language skills has significantly affected the scale of the social skill decisiveness (p<0/05) but the changes were not statistically significant in the remaining sub-tests. These trainings also had a significant effect on the displacement sub-scale of Ulrich's motor test but they had not significantly affected the object control sub-test. Moreover, in selective attention, they changed the mean scores, but the changes were not statistically significant.
Therefore, teaching the autistic children the body language skills can be effective in order to increase the performance and change the social skills, motor skills as well as selective attention.
This is a semi-experimental research method and a pre-test and post-test type with a control group. The statistical universe consisted of 30 autistic children with high performance aged 7-12 years old in Semnan and the sample size was also considered as 30 individuals. The method was the convenience sampling one in this research and the members of the sample group were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. The subjects were examined individually in the pre-test and post-test stages by D2 Selective Attention Assessment Tests, Gersham and Elliot's social skills as well as Ulrich's motor skills 2.
After conducting statistical studies, the covariance analysis of the results showed that the training of body language skills has significantly affected the scale of the social skill decisiveness (p<0/05) but the changes were not statistically significant in the remaining sub-tests. These trainings also had a significant effect on the displacement sub-scale of Ulrich's motor test but they had not significantly affected the object control sub-test. Moreover, in selective attention, they changed the mean scores, but the changes were not statistically significant.
Therefore, teaching the autistic children the body language skills can be effective in order to increase the performance and change the social skills, motor skills as well as selective attention.
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Subject:
Psychology
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