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This study drives at improving some executive functions for reducing stereotypical behavior in a sample of autistic children. The study sample consists of (26) male autistic children divided equally into (13) children representing the experimental and (13) male children as the control group whose ages range (9-12 yrs. old). The study uses several instruments: Stanford Binet Scale-Version V (coded by Safwat Farag, 2012) Scale of the Socio-economic & Cultural Level (by Mohamed El-Behairy, 2002), Childhood Autism Rating Scale (by researcher), Scale of Executive Functions for Children (by researcher). The study results demonstrate the effectiveness of the program for improving executive functions and so, reducing stereotypical behavior in a sample of autistic children. (Author’s abstract)