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Evaluation of the effectiveness of play therapy training for mothers of autistic children

Evaluation of the effectiveness of play therapy training for mothers of autistic children

Evaluation of the effectiveness of play therapy training for mothers of autistic children

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Evaluation of the effectiveness of play therapy training for mothers of autistic children

13 May 2020
Autistic children have a hard time learning. They tend to interact with adults and children in their daily interactions. Lack of shared attention is an early sign of autism, so autistic children cannot share easily. Shared attention is not only about learning social communication but also promotes language development in the child.
 
In this study, we tried to do many exercises during the game and in all sessions in different ways (activities such as asking, getting permission, trying to make eye contact, sharing equipment with each other and answering questions). For this purpose, 30 autistic children with moderate performance were selected and then play therapy training sessions were held for their mothers.
 
 The treatment sessions were as follows:
 
Session 1 and 2: Familiarity with the process of intervention and playing with small and soft balls. It was also added for the child to enjoy playing with dolls.
 
Session 3: The children interacted with the finger puppets in an attempt to make eye contact with them, greet them and ask for their names.
 
Sessions 4 through 6: Drawing smiling, crying and angry puppets. The child was asked to experience different emotions and the child was encouraged to laugh.
 
Seventh to tenth sessions: These sessions included showing and explaining the story book pictures by the dolls and then doing the same activities by the child.
 
These sessions included playing with colored cubes in such a way that the child had to put the cubes together and collect them after the cubes fell to the ground. First the doll and then the child had to thank each other for cooperating and sharing the cubes, and during the game they had to say, "This cube is here."
 
Thirteenth and fourteenth sessions: included playing with balloons. Happy and frowning dummies were drawn on the balloons. The child had to smile at the happy man and hit the sad man to fall to the ground.
 
Sessions 15 and 16: In these sessions, two puppets played together and with the child. The puppets have done activities together such as painting and during the game they have done collaborations such as lending pencils, giving thanks, getting permission, and so on.
The statistical results of this study show that play therapy education for mothers of autistic children increases social skills, verbal and non-verbal skills of these children. It also increases communication between children and others and strengthens the child's socialization process. In many cases, this process also reduces children's behavioral problems.
 
These results show that teaching play therapy to the family, especially mothers of autistic children, is very important.
 

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