Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of ABA treatment on the performance of Hamadan autistic children. Method: An applied research with an experimental design has been used. All the autistic children of Farshchian therapy center of Hamadan were treated. To collect data a questionnaire ...
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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of ABA treatment on the performance of Hamadan autistic children. Method: An applied research with an experimental design has been used. All the autistic children of Farshchian therapy center of Hamadan were treated. To collect data a questionnaire containing questions covering data for the general profile of respondents and also psychological data (general knowledge, attention, imitation and self-help), was applied both as pre-and post-test. The data was analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance and repeated measures. Dependent variables were analyzed using an alpha level of Ben Frony (0125 / 0) Results: showed significant differences between groups in terms of the variables (general knowledge, attention, imitation and self-help).Test results of repeated measurements for experimental and control groups in comparison to pre-test scores, was significant.