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Hajjabbari S, Vatankhah H. The effect of family-centered sensory and motor games with hand puppets on the verbal skills and social interactions of autistic children in Tehran. JNIP 2018; 2 (6) :1-11
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Master of Family Counseling, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of family-centered sensory-motor games with hand puppets on verbal skills and social interactions of autistic children. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of 6-10 year-old male and female students with autism disorder in Tehran and 24 subjects were selected by simple random sampling. Effectiveness program of family-based sensory-motor games with hand puppets. The program lasted for 21 sessions of 45 to 60 minutes over two months for the experimental group. Gilliam Autism Diagnostic Scale, Social Interaction Scale and Verbal Skills Scale were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics of Levon test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and covariance analysis were used for data analysis. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant difference between verbal skills and social interactions of autistic children before and after the intervention. There was a significant difference between the subscales of social interactions, the ability to perceive others' emotions and perspectives, the ability to initiate interaction, the ability to respond, and the ability to maintain interaction (p <0.001). And there were significant differences (p <0.001) between the verbal proficiency scales including listening, ability to receive and send verbal and nonverbal communication, assertive communication, insight into the communication process, and emotional control (p <0.001). Family-centered sensory-motor games with hand puppets can be effective in enhancing verbal skills and social interactions in autistic children and have been used as an effective therapeutic approach
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Received: 2020/03/1 | Revised: 2020/03/15 | Accepted: 2020/03/1 | Published: 2020/03/1
Received: 2020/03/1 | Revised: 2020/03/15 | Accepted: 2020/03/1 | Published: 2020/03/1
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