background and objective: the present study investigated executive functions in students with high functioning autism (hfa) and students with educable down syndrome (ds) with normal healthy students.     methods: fifteen boy students with hfa, 15 boy students with educable intellectual disability and 15 normal healthy boy students (aged between¬ 7-15 years) were recruited from educational servi...

objectives: cerebral hemispheres functioning have been found to be abnormal in children with asd. the role of lateralization in implicit and explicit motor learning has received little attention in asd researches. the main goal of this study is investigating the differences between two hands implicit and explicit motor learning in children with asd and typical matched group. methods: in the pre...

this case study investigates the effects of robot assisted language learning (rall) on english vocabulary learning and retention of iranian children with high-functioning autism. two groups of three male students (6-10 years old) with high-functioning autism participated in the current study. the humanoid robot nao was used as a teacher assistant to teach english to the rall group. both rall an...

Objective: Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) causes severe damage to children’s social skills, cognitive functions, and emotional self-regulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of drama therapy on the social skills of children with high functioning autism. Methods: The research design was experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and a control group. The statistical p...

abstract: aim and background: autism spectrum disorder is a complex childhood neurological disorder that affects all aspects of child development. the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an intervention program using animals to improve cognitive, social, behavioral functioning , and communication in children with autism spectrum disorders. methods and materials: 14 child...

Objectives: Autism is one subsets of pervasive developmental disorders that are characterized by abnormal behaviors and verbal communication. In recent years, the reason for this communication disorder has been developed for determining executive function. The current study investigated the feasibility of audiovisual stimulation intervention focused on enhancing executive function in children w...