The Use of Pictorial Activity Schedules as a Tool to Teach Autistic Children who are in Kindergarten Daily Life Skills

Abstract

The present study aimed at proposing a program based on

Schedule Photographic Activities directed to autistic kindergarteners

to gain some daily life skills , and find out the effectiveness of the proposed

program. The study sample was selected from a group of autistic kindergarten

children from Mother of Prince Faisal bin Fahd Center for Autism in Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia. The final study sample consisted of four children between the

ages of 4 - 6 years who have been subjected to the proposed program.

“Gilliam Sacale for diagnosing Autism” (Mohammed Abdul Rahman ,

Mona Khalifa, 2004) and Daily Life Skills (by the researcher) were used.

The present study used Wilcoxon formula of small clusters to test the validity

of the study hypotheses. The results of the study showed the effectiveness

of the proposed program in acquiring autistic kindergarten children some

life skills , and improvement in the stereotypical behaviors and social skills,

where the results of post and follow up measurments were better than the

pre ones.