استخدام جداول الأنشطة المصورة مدخلاً لإكساب بعض المهارات الحياتية لدى أطفال الروضة الذاتويين
The present study aimed at proposing a program based on Schedule Photographic Activities directed to autistic kindergarteners to gain some daily life skills , and find out the effectiveness of the proposed program. The study sample was selected from a group of autistic kindergarten children from Mother of Prince Faisal bin Fahd Center for Autism in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The final study sample consisted of four children between the ages of 4 - 6 years who have been subjected to the proposed program. “Gilliam Sacale for diagnosing Autism” (Mohammed Abdul Rahman , Mona Khalifa, 2004) and Daily Life Skills (by the researcher) were used. The present study used Wilcoxon formula of small clusters to test the validity of the study hypotheses. The results of the study showed the effectiveness of the proposed program in acquiring autistic kindergarten children some life skills , and improvement in the stereotypical behaviors and social skills, where the results of post and follow up measurments were better than the pre ones. (Published Abstract)