OTİSTİK ÇOCUKLARIN BAKIMININ YAPILDIĞI İŞLETMELERDE 24-36 AYLIK ÇOCUKLARIN SOSYAL VE DUYGUSAL GELİŞİM ÖZELLİKLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ
THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN BETWEEN 24- 36 MONTHS

Summary/Abstract: This research has been planned to identify the social and emotional development characteristics of autistic children between 24-36 months. The research group is comprised of 60 autistic children (10 girls and 50 boys) whose ages vary between 24-36 month who are registered with the nonprofit businesses. In the research, the “Personal Information Form” has been used to gather information about the autistic children and their families and the “Scale for the Evaluation of Social and Emotional Development for Autistic Children” which was developed by the researcher to identify the social and emotional development characteristics of the child. The structural validity of the test has also been identified by way of comparison of the groups whose condition is known in terms of the measured characteristic. For this purpose, the results of the t-test performed for the points which the normal and autistic children obtained in the scale for the evaluation of social and emotional development have been calculated. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient has been calculated with regard to the reliability of the scale for the evaluation of social and emotional development, and on the other hand, the item correlation aggregates have been calculated in order to explain to what extent the items contained in the test distinguish the individuals in terms of the measured characteristic. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient is .92 for the autistic children; .89 for normally-developing children and .97 on the total. In the statistical evaluation of the data so obtained, the Mann Whitney-U Test and Kruskal Wallis-H Test which are of non-parametric tests have been performed. According to the data obtained; it is observed that there is a significant difference between the points obtained in the scale for the evaluation of social and emotional development by the children by the number of siblings and sequence of birth (p < 0.5). it is observed that there is a significant difference between the points of the scale for the evaluation of social and emotional development of the children by the father’s status of education (p < 0.5).

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