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

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 52 - 65, 20.06.2020

Erkan Yarımkaya , Oğuz Kaan Esentürk , Levent İlhan

https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.733754

Cited By: 1

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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