The Effectiveness of Applying Behavior Therapy’s Techniques on Social Interaction of Autistic Children

Abstract

This study was designed and implemented aimed to determine the efficacy of behavior therapy techniques on improving casting, social interaction in autism children. This study was semi-experimental and without controlled group. Sample included sixteen 7-14-year-old children who were selected by available sampling method from special autism school children in the city of Tehran. These children were participated for 2 months in therapy sessions with a psychologist specializing management. For the treatment, documented procedures were used by Ivar Lovas titled "Treatment intervention by Applied Behavior Analysis ". Garez test was used for data collection. For the analysis of data, T test of affiliated groups and the SPSS software were used. Results showed that the techniques of treatment behavioral cause to increase social interaction in autistic children. This confirms the fact that no child should be abandoned without an education program fit the children needs.