The programs of early intervention through electronic educational applications to enhance different skills on people with autism spectrum disorder: Systematic Review

Document Type : Summary of Master Research and PhD

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King Abdulaziz University

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Early intervention is a promising field in improving the skills of autistic children. In the current era and with technological development, many educational institutions have tended to integrate technology with intervention programs to improve the skills of autistic children, and despite the many uses of electronic applications in autism, Arabic systematic reviews in this field are relatively rare. The focus of this study is to make a review of studies that focused on educational environments and applications with the aim of early intervention for people with autism. This is done by collecting, examining, and comparing previous studies that has been discussed the subject and published during the year 2021-2022 in database (ERIC) and (SpringerLink). This study included (147) participants and (16) studies. The BASU (2017) model was used to systematically analyze previous studies. Used the PRISMA chart to analyze the studies selection strategy. The review indicated that applications have effective impact on improving skills of people with autism and recommends designing a training program for teachers and caregivers for each application to ensure better learning.

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