فعالية برنامجين باستخدام النمذجة المتبادلة والنمذجة بالفيديو في تنمية مهارة التقليد الحركي لدى الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد
The study aimed at measuring the effectiveness of two ways (video modeling and Reciprocal modeling) on teaching the autistic child the kinesthetic imitation skill. The total sample of the study was (10) children with autism, between the ages (4–7) years old of the children enrolled in Alia center in Bahrain, divided into two groups: one underwent modeling by video modeling and the other underwent reciprocal modeling. Each experimental group consisted of (5) children. The results showed statistically significant differences in the post test scores of motor imitation skills of the children who were exposed in the two groups. In both methods children’s performance has improved in imitation, and both of the groups got the same amount of gain according to age and environmental conditions on the education and training, yet the measuring results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the post and application in favor of the live video group. On the other hand, the video group were the highest in maintaining the kinesthetic imitation skill. (Published Abstract)