Deficient Verbal Performance In Autistic Children

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the following:1. Deficient verbal performance in autistic children.2. The statistically significant differences in the level of verbal performance deficiency among autistic children according to the gender variable (male - female).To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher used the descriptive correlative approach as a methodology for procedures, and the researcher followed the scientific steps adopted in psychometrics to prepare verbal performance deficits based on the (Mohammed, 2006) scale (Al-Alawi, 2013) and the (Mukhtar, 2019) scale, which consisted of (34) items. In its final form, the researcher verified the psychometric characteristics of the scales of validity and reliability on a sample of (120) boys and girls in the Imam Hussein Institute (peace be upon him) for autistic children in Karbala governorate, distributed according to the gender variable (males - females), who were chosen by the intentional method of Twisted (extreme) distribution. After completing the preparation of the research scale, it was applied to the final research sample of (70) boys and girls in the centers of special education and autistic children in the province of Babylon (the Wissam al-Rahma Center for Children with Special Needs, the Husseiniya threshold center for autistic children, the Mazaya Center for Special Education) were chosen in the same way. The previous ones were distributed by gender (males - females) for the academic year (2021-2022), and the data were processed statistically using the statistical package (SPSS version (25), and the results of the research showed the following:1. There are statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) indicating that the research sample (autistic children) suffer from a high level of verbal performance deficiency.2. There are statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) in the level of verbal performance deficiency among autistic children, according to the gender variable (male - female) in favor of males.