Training Software Effectiveness Applied by the Mothers to Their Autistic Children at Home Remotely to Develop Their Self-Care Skills Under the Supervision of the Specialist

Authors

S. B. Mansour, Department of Early Childhood, College of Sciences and Humanities Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaFollow
A. O. Alshlowi, Department of Special Education and College of Sciences and Humanities Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaFollow
A. M. Alotaibi, Department of Special Education and College of Sciences and Humanities Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaFollow

Abstract

This study represented a Training software applied by mothers to their autistic children at home remotely to develop their self-care skills through computer activities such as toothbrushing, hand washing, toilet use skills, wearing and taking off clothes skills Under the supervision of the specialist, the Course-lab program will introduce the software & flowchart to define the flow of the software. The main objective of the study here is twofold, one of which is to develop the capacity of the mother in training her autistic child in self-care skills and to recognize the effectiveness of the software in developing the capacity of the autistic child. This study is based on an experimental approach. Researchers prepared a questionnaire consisting of 60 phrases to measure a childs performance on these skills before and after the use and practical application of the software. The participants consist of 11 children and 11 mothers in a six-month period, and a sample was collected from mothers and children of rehabilitation centers in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Data were analyzed by statistical methods using the SPSS program, version No. 24. The descriptive statistics were used to process data and the percentage of gains of Blacks Modifies adjustments. Among the most important findings of the study was the improved performance of children in acquiring self-care skills, as well as the improved performance of mothers in applying self-care skills to their children this is reflected in Blakes modified gains to detect the effectiveness of the application 1.42, indicating acceptable and highly effective categories, and average pre-training scores calculated. (Before the introduction of the self-care skills development program for children with autism) where the average in tribal measurement was 40.13 by contrast, the corresponding average in dimensional measurement was 88.43 in favor of dimensional measurement and the calculated Z value exceeded the scheduled test value of Z (0.05 and 0.01, respectively; p ≤ 0.000) indicating the effectiveness of the software used.

Recommended Citation

B. Mansour, S.; O. Alshlowi, A.; and M. Alotaibi, A. (2023) "Training Software Effectiveness Applied by the Mothers to Their Autistic Children at Home Remotely to Develop Their Self-Care Skills Under the Supervision of the Specialist," Information Sciences Letters: Vol. 12 : Iss. 4 , PP -.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/isl/vol12/iss4/1