Not so long ago, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities were deprived of their primary rights and many people fought against this discrimination to achieve these rights and sought equal rights as everyone in the society through self-advocacy movement. The main purpose of this movement is empowering and enhancing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities’ con...

 The objectives of the present study were to investigate the relationship between the perceptions of parenting styles and social skills and to examine the relationship between the perceptions of parenting and aspects of students' self-concept. For this aim, 256 high school students completed the Student Attitude and Perceptions Survey (SAPS) and Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngster...

Background and Purpose: The social development is a key factor in the treatment of children with ASD, for whom various methods have been proposed in terms of improving the skills and competence. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of vestibular stimulation on social development of children with autism disorder. Method: The present study was an experimental and pre-tes...

Social skills deficits are recognized as a defining feature of Autism Spectrum disorder. Video modeling is a versatile intervention that capitalizes on the potency of observational learning. This approach has wide utility for people with Autism Spectrum disorder, promotes independent functioning, and can be used to address numerous learner objectives, including behavioral, self-help, communica...

Aims: Adolescents overcome social challenges and problems by empowering their behaviors in different contexts. The purpose of this study was to survey the relationship between social deficits and individual skills with behavioral empowerment in Yazd high school students. Instrument & Methods: The research method is descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional. The statistical population of this ...

abstract lexical knowledge of complex english words is an important part of language skills and crucial for fluent language use (nation, 2001). the present study, thus, was an attempt to assess the role of morphological decomposition awareness as a vocabulary learning strategy on learners’ productive and receptive recall and recognition of complex english words. so 90 sophomores (female and ma...

Background and Purpose: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs in the first three years of a childchr('39')s life. The most important symptoms are communication failure, difficulty in social interactions, limited and repetitive patterns in behavior, interests and activities. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of social skills training bas...