The Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on Educational Games to Develop Visual Perception Skills in Autistic Children

Abstract

This study aimed of to investigate the effectiveness of a training program based on the educational games for the development of visual perception skills in autistic children. The study’s sample made of 16 children, who were chosen purposely from the autistic children attached to Al Rahmah Centre for Special Education in Ajloun / Jordan, the study’s sample were divided into two equal experimental and control groups, each one included (4) males (4) females.The visual perception scale constructed by Waqfi and Kalani (1998), and which is Codified for the Jordanian environment was used, the training program for the development of visual perception skills prepared by the researcher, was implemented on members of the experimental group for two months, and To analyse the study data, the Mann-Whitney Test was applied.The analyses results indicated, that there were differences of statistical significance at the level of (α <= 0.05) between the experimental and control groups on the total visual perception scale and in all its dimensions, in favour of the experimental group. The results also indicated to the none existence of differences with statistical significance due to gender variable. The researcher recommends further studies to develop auditory perception in autistic children.

Keywords: Autistic Children . Visual perception. Play. the training program