The effectiveness of training program based on lovaas’ program in developing children's autism spectrum disorder social skills
Research problem: Autism spectrum disorders' children suffer from social skills problems. The aim of this study is to design a training program based on the Lovaas’ curriculum for development of Autism spectrum disorders' children social skills and to measure its effectiveness. To achie...
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6117/1/FH02-INSPIRE-19-25240.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6117/ |
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| Summary: | Research problem: Autism spectrum disorders' children suffer from social skills
problems. The aim of this study is to design a training program based on the Lovaas’
curriculum for development of Autism spectrum disorders' children social skills and to
measure its effectiveness. To achieve the objective of this study, the researcher uses the
descriptive approach and the semi-experimental approach based on the training
program and measure of the social skills. The research population consists of autism
spectrum disorders' children, ages 4 to 8 years, who were in the special education
centers in Irbid governorate from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the year
2018/2019. The experimental and control groups were purposive sampling selected,
which consisted of 30 children divided into two groups: experimental 15 and 15 control.
Findings: The results of the descriptive analysis showed that a training program based
on the Lovaas’ program was designed to develop social skills. The post-test results
showed statistically significant differences between experimental and control groups at
the level of a= 0.05, while the mean scores (29.8) indicated significantly for the
experimental group of social skills in post-test. The delayed test results showed no
statistically significant differences at the level of a= 0.05 for the experimental group.
Conclusion: The researcher recommended the need to take advantages of the training
program and the application program. One of the researcher's suggestions is to conduct a similar research on the Lovaas' approach for different age groups and different skills
in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. |
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