The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study

Erkan Yarımkaya; Oğuz Kaan Esentürk; Levent İlhan

doi:10.33438/ijdshs.733754

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The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study

Abstract

Effective strategies to address communication skills are critical to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) participating in inclusive education. The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the effects of family-mediated physical activities on the communication skills of a student with ASD. One inclusive student with ASD and his mother participated in the study designed in the pretest-posttest experimental model. For 8 weeks, family-mediated physical activities were carried out with the student with ASD and his mother. 6 sessions of family education programs were organized before family-mediated physical activities. The data were obtained with the Observation Form developed in line with the literature, and communication skills of the student with ASD. According to the findings of the study, it was determined that the communication skills of the student with ASD increased significantly after 8 weeks after family-mediated physical activities. As a result, it was obtained the impression that family-mediated physical activities had a positive effect on the communication skills of the student with ASD.

Keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorders,Communication Skills,Family-Mediated,Physical Activity

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Erkan Yarımkaya ^*
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Oğuz Kaan Esentürk
0000-0002-0566-838X
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Levent İlhan
0000-0002-1117-2700
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Yarımkaya, E., Esentürk, O. K., & İlhan, L. (2020). The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences, 3(1), 52-65. https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.733754

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1.Yarımkaya E, Esentürk OK, İlhan L. The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports &Health Sciences. 2020;3(1):52-65. doi:10.33438/ijdshs.733754

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Yarımkaya, Erkan, Oğuz Kaan Esentürk, and Levent İlhan. 2020. “The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study”. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences 3 (1): 52-65. https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.733754.

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Yarımkaya E, Esentürk OK, İlhan L (June 1, 2020) The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences 3 1 52–65.

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[1]E. Yarımkaya, O. K. Esentürk, and L. İlhan, “The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study”, International Journal of Disabilities Sports &Health Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 52–65, June 2020, doi: 10.33438/ijdshs.733754.

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Yarımkaya, Erkan - Esentürk, Oğuz Kaan - İlhan, Levent. “The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study”. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences 3/1 (June 1, 2020): 52-65. https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.733754.

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1.Yarımkaya E, Esentürk OK, İlhan L. The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports &Health Sciences. 2020;3:52–65.

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Yarımkaya, Erkan, et al. “The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study”. International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 52-65, doi:10.33438/ijdshs.733754.

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1.Erkan Yarımkaya, Oğuz Kaan Esentürk, Levent İlhan. The Effects of Family-Mediated Physical Activities on Communication Skills of a Student with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study. International Journal of Disabilities Sports &Health Sciences. 2020 Jun. 1;3(1):52-65. doi:10.33438/ijdshs.733754

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