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comparison between effectiveness of methods as social stories treatment and pivotal response treatment in decrease of behavioral disorders of autism children
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Shirin Shirmohammadi   , Mansoreh Shahriyary * , Mahdiyeh Salehi |
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of social stories intervention and pivotal response treatment on the reduction of behavioral disorders in children with autism spectrum aged six to twelve in Tehran in 2015. The sample was made up of children receiving treatment and rehabilitation services at Padideh Clinic center in Tehran during spring and summer 2015. Method: In this study, convenience sampling method was used. Fifteen boys were selected and divided into three groups, two for the experimental and one for the control group, each including five. The experimental group benefited from social stories intervention and pivotal response treatment for 36 sessions, and the control group pursued the regular training schedule with no intervention. This research was semi-experimental and it fell into the category of applied researches. In this study, the tools of measurement included the autism treatment evaluation checklist (Rimland and Edelson, 2005) and autism diagnostic interview-revised (Rated et al., 2003). Results: For data analysis, Indexes of descriptive and inferential statistics one-way ANOVA and multivariable analysis of covariance were used. Conclusion: Based on the findings, there is a significant difference in terms of the efficacy of the two methods. Furthermore, pivotal response treatment is more effective in many cases than social stories intervention. However, both methods are effective to some extend in terms of reducing the behavioral disorders of children with autism spectrum. Therefore, applying both methods in the format of an educational package is advised.
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| Keywords: Social stories treatment, Pivotal response treatment, Behavioral disorders, Autism children |
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Received: 2016/08/9 | Accepted: 2016/12/21 | Published: 2017/05/25
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