Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Group Assertiveness Program on Increasing the Social Skills of Autistic Students

Akram Hafezi; Zohreh Majd; Fatemeh Sedighi

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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Group Assertiveness Program on Increasing the Social Skills of Autistic Students

Akram Hafezi, Zohreh Majd, Fatemeh Sedighi

Published in International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 6, Issue 4)

Received: 11 June 2021 Accepted: 10 July 2021 Published: 27 July 2021

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group assertiveness program on increasing the level of social skills of autism students. In this study, first using the social skills test (Ahmadi-Nourani, 1997) students with skills Low social, those who received a score lower than 100 were identified. These individuals were selected as a sample and then randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The statistical sample of this study included 30 autism students who were randomly selected. The experimental and control groups were divided into two groups of 15 people. Then, the group training program was taught to the experimental group in 10 sessions. After this training, social skills tests were performed on both groups. Finally, the data were analyzed. According to the results, the experimental group, children who were trained in the courage program, performed better than the control group in the social skills test. That is, the group courage program was effective in increasing the social skills and non-verbal social relationships of autistic students. It is therefore suggested that the direction Increase self-expression and improve the social skills of students with autism. Use a group learning program.

Published in	International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijecs.20210604.13
Page(s)	112-119
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Group Daring, Assertiveness, Social Skills, Social Skills Test, Autism

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Akram Hafezi

Curriculum Planning, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
Zohreh Majd

Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Fatemeh Sedighi

Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran

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Akram Hafezi; Zohreh Majd; Fatemeh Sedighi. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Group Assertiveness Program on Increasing the Social Skills of Autistic Students. Int. J. Educ. Cult. Soc. 2021, 6(4), 112-119. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecs.20210604.13

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Akram Hafezi, Zohreh Majd, Fatemeh Sedighi. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Group Assertiveness Program on Increasing the Social Skills of Autistic Students. Int J Educ Cult Soc. 2021;6(4):112-119. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecs.20210604.13

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