The Effect of a Program Based on Educational Games with Extra-Curricular Activities in Developing Motor Skills for People with Autism Disorder

Abstract

The current research goal is to:
 1- Building a training program based on educational games with extra-curricular activities in developing motor skills for children with autism disorder.
 2- To identify the effect of the training program on developing motor skills for children with autism disorder.
 The researcher relied on the experimental method in order to suit the variables of the current research, and to choose a single-group design with a pre- and post-test, the research community consisted of all children with autism disorder in government and private centers whose ages ranged between (5-7) years in the Erbil governorate center for the academic year ( 2020-2021), the number of The sample was (10) children, with (7) males and (3) females, as it was confirmed that the group members were homogeneous in all variables of homogeneity of height and weight, the economic, social, educational and cultural level of parents, adaptive behavior, as well as the performance of tribal motor skills. To verify the objectives of the research, the researcher prepared a note card to measure the performance of motor skills (fine and large), after reviewing previous studies such as (Al-Mufti, 2014), (Abdul Moneim, 2016), (Siyam and Omar, 2018) and (Al-Tahan, 2012). The card, in its initial form, consisted of (33) performance paragraphs represented by sub-skills, accurate and large, and after verification of honesty and stability, the total number of paragraphs became (31) The experiment was implemented by applying the (training program) consisting of (21) training sessions for a period of two months and specific with general and specific objectives, three sessions per week for a period of two months (8) weeks, in addition to (3) other sessions used to apply the tribal adaptive behavior scale, as well as to complete the homogenization procedures within The group and the application of the pre- and post-test. After collecting the data, it was analyzed and processed statistically. The results showed the following:
 1- There are statistically significant differences between the pre and post measurements of total motor skills in favor of the dimensional measurement and application, thus rejecting the null hypothesis and accepting the alternative hypothesis, which indicates the effectiveness of the program.
 2- There are statistically significant differences between the tribal and remote measurements of fine motor skills and large motor skills in favor of the dimensional measurement and application, thus rejecting the null hypothesis and accepting the alternative, and this indicates the effectiveness of the program. The researcher concluded that the use of the training program based on educational games in extra-curricular activities affected the development of motor skills for children with autism disorder.
 And that the size of the effect of the training program on the sample was very large in the development of total motor skills and the sub-axes (micro and large). In light of the results, the researcher recommended a number of recommendations, and made some suggestions that she believes will complement her current research in the future.