The effectiveness of a targeted play therapy program to reduce ‎the severity of self-harm behavior and improve linguistic ‎communication in children with autism spectrum disorder‏.‏

Abdelsalam, Mohamed Shawky Abdelmenam

doi:10.21608/edusohag.2024.283740.1466

The effectiveness of a targeted play therapy program to reduce ‎the severity of self-harm behavior and improve linguistic ‎communication in children with autism spectrum disorder‏.‏

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Mohamed Shawky Abdelmenam Abdelsalam

Faculty of Science for People with Special Needs - Beni Swef University

10.21608/edusohag.2024.283740.1466

Abstract

The current research aimed to reveal the effectiveness of the therapeutic program using Guided play in reducing the severity of self-harming behavior and improving language communication among children with autism spectrum disorder (sample of the research). The sample of the current research consisted of (8) children with autism spectrum disorder divided into two parts. (4) males, (4) females. Their ages ranged between (6-12) years, with an average of (7.632) and a standard deviation of (0.742). The researcher used the tools: a measure of self-harming behavior among children with autism spectrum disorder (prepared by the researcher), a measure of estimating language communication among children with autism spectrum disorder (prepared by the researcher), and a Gilliam scale to estimate the degree of autism spectrum disorder. (Prepare / Mohamed El-Sayed Abdel-Rahman, Mona Khalifa, 2004), and the results of the current research concluded that the therapeutic program by Guided playing in alleviating the severity of symptoms of self-harm behavior and then improving language communication among children with autism spectrum disorder (the current research sample).

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