Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 دانشگاه تبریز.پردیس بین الملل.دکتری روان شناسی بالینی.
2 Professor, Department of Psychology, psychology and educational science faculty. University of Tabriz - Tabriz – Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, psychology and educational science faculty. University of Tabriz - Tabriz – Iran.
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine the efficiency of an integrated program of parent-child interaction, parent training, and family resilience on challenging behaviors and sensory processing in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder.This research was a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with control grope. The ststistical population included children aged 5 to 8 years, high functioning, with speech and language, living in Tehran in 1403, who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to 15 people in each group. Participants completed the Challenging Behavior Questionnaires (CCBS) and the Down School Sensory Profile (1999) for the pre-test. Then, the experimental group and their parents received 8 sessions (one hour for the child, half an hour for the family) of the program over two months, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Finally, both groups completed the questionnaires again as a post-test. Data were analyzed through multivariate analysis of covariance. The mean scores of challenging behavior control in the experimental group increased and the mean scores of sensory processing problems decreased. Conclusion: The integrated program of parent-child interaction, parent education, and family resilience is effective in increasing the ability to control challenging behavior and reducing sensory processing problems in children with high-functioning autism.
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