Hanieh Yarmand; Hasan Ashayeri; Arsalan Golfam; Hayat Ameri
Volume 2, Issue 5 , September 2016, , Pages 9-24
Abstract
Introduction: The current research was a quasi-experimental and applied. The participants were selected through convenience sampling from Tehran Autism Center. Objective: research aimed at examining the relationship between mirror neurons stimulation by intentional movement imitation and verbal imitation ...
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Introduction: The current research was a quasi-experimental and applied. The participants were selected through convenience sampling from Tehran Autism Center. Objective: research aimed at examining the relationship between mirror neurons stimulation by intentional movement imitation and verbal imitation with grammatical understanding development in autistic children. Method: Accordingly, first, the researchers designed an applied and easy model for autistic children rehabilitation based on mirror neurons stimulation using purposeful movement imitation and verbal imitation. Then, based on TPR technique, an 7-year-old autistic girl underwent an pilot study for 12 sessions, whereby positive and effective results were observed; Then, five autistic girls aged 5-8 years were selected and underwent 42 sessions during 14 weeks.In order to examine grammatical understanding skills of the subjects before and after intervention, TOLD-P3 test was used. Each subject, as her control was examined before and after intervention. Furthermore, two months after a 14-week stopping period, all the subjects were re-examined, and finally, results stability was examined. Findings: Research findings were analyzed using SPSS16 software by Paired-samples t-test. The obtained results suggest that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores of grammatical understanding (P=0.003) (supposing PConclusion: In line with the findings, it can be concluded that mirror neurons stimulation in autistic children through intentional movement imitation and verbal imitation has a positive effect on grammatical understanding skill improvement on these children and facilitates their verbal communication.
