فاعلية برنامج لتنمية التمييز البصري لدى الأطفال الذاتويين
Introduction: The autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is recently became very common disorders among children, several studies results confirmed that it may accompany the child developing a slow growth in the maturity of some functions, We have addressed one of aspects of this shortcoming, a weakness in the visual discrimination and visual perception skills dysfunction, Which prevent their ability to acquire academic skills and gain experience and learning. Problem: How effective is the use of the proposed program in the development of visual discrimination in autistic children?, What is the possibility of continuation of the effectiveness of this program by the autistic child after elapsing a period of time? Objectives: Identify the strengths and weaknesses level visual discrimination skills it also aims at recognizing the effectiveness of the proposed training program for the development of visual discrimination in children with autism. Methodology: Semi- experimental approach one group method. Sample: The sample consisted of 6 Autistic children, their age between 6- 9 years. Tools: C.A.R.S. (by Schopler, Relchler & Renner, 1999; Arabization by Huda Amien, 2004), and measure of visual acuity a (Sanllen’s Chart), Indirect Ophthalmoscope to examine the Fundus and the Pupil. And visual discrimination scale for Autistic children (prepared by the researcher), and the proposed training program that has been applied on the children (prepared by the researcher). Results: There are statistically significant differences between the average grade degrees of autistic children in the experimental group in the pre- and post measurements of the program on a scale of visual discrimination for children with autism in the direction of post measurement, There are no statistically significant differences between the average grade degrees of autistic children in the experimental group in the post and the following up measurement of the program on a scale of visual discrimination for children with autism. (Published Abstract)