The Effectiveness of a Training Program to Develop the Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies by Autism Spectrum Disorder Teachers and its Impact on Reducing Behavioral Disorders Among their Students.

Abstract

Study aimed to verify the effectiveness of a training program to develop the practice of teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder in applied behavior analysis techniques, and its impact on reducing behavioral disorders among their students. The research community and sample consisted of all teachers of children with autism spectrum disorder (8) teachers at the Ta'atuf Center for Day Care in Al-Baha city, and the number of children with autism spectrum disorder was (16) boys and girls, aged between (4-7) years. To achieve the objectives of the research, a scale for the practice of teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder in applied behavior analysis techniques, and a scale for behavioral disorders for students with autism spectrum disorder were prepared, and the training program was prepared and judged. The research followed the experimental method, quasi-experimental design for a single sample. The results showed statistically significant differences (0.01) in the degrees of teachers' practice of applied behavior analysis strategies between the pre- and post-measurements in favor of the post-measurement, and the size of the effect on the total score ranged (1.628). There were statistically significant differences (0.01) between the scores of behavioral disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder between the pre- and post-measurements in favor of the pre-measurement,  the size of the effect on behavioral disorders was (0.838-1.029-0.979-0.817-1.334), which are values ​​greater than (0.8). indicating the effectiveness of the program in reducing behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorder.