Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
19th İnternational Conferance on Teaching, Education and Learning (ICTEL), Rome, İtalya, 7 - 08 Haziran 2017, ss.1-3
In this study, it is aimed to examine
the body awareness and body parts of 28 male and 4 female students between 6-12
age group with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For children with autism
spectrum disorder, A, B, and C activities were used to examine body parts and
their awareness. Picture 1 displays activity A, in which body and its parts are
shown irregularly. In activity B, the child is required to show his head,
abdomen, nose, ears, eyes, hands, feet and mouth. In activity C, two parts of
the body are stated consecutively and the child is expected to say the same. In
addition, in the activity C, the child is also required to show the right and
left sides of his head, right and left hands, right and left shoulders, right
and left feet. Tests were evaluated in groups according to sex, and correct and
false answers were evaluated as frequency and percentage. In the
results of the study, in Test A, the proportion of the correct answers of male
participants was 56% and the false answers was 44%, whereas the proportion of the
correct answers of female participants was 67% and the false answers was 33%. In
Test B, the proportion of the correct answers of male participants was 71% and
the false answers was 29%, while the proportion of the correct answers of
female participants was 87% and the false answers was 13%. In Test C, the
proportion of the correct answers of male participants was 32% and the false
answers was 68%, while the proportion of the correct answers of female
participants was 40% and the false answers was 60%. As a result, it is thought
that it will be effective to present stimuli supplemented with much simpler
visuals instead of complex stimuli in applications for body awareness in
children and adolescents with ASD.
Keywords:
autism, body awareness.