Social Skills Training for Children and Youth with Autism in NIA Foundation Joy Center
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study aims to investigate the social skills training of children and youth with autism in
Nia Foundation-Joy Center for Children with Autism. To accomplish this qualitative descriptive
design was employed in order to investigate and describe the issue. The study area selected was
Nia Foundation-Joy Center for Children with Autism in Addis Ababa. The number of participants
involved in the study was 17. They were 2 administrators, 10 teachers and 5 parents. The
administrators and teachers were selected with purposive sampling. The administrators were
selected because of their relevance for the needed information and the teachers were selected based
on their experience in teaching in the center. Participant parents were selected with availability
sampling. The data collecting tools that used in the study were semi-structured interview and
observation. The findings of the study show that the center had limitation in using variety of
scientific social skills training types such as video modeling, social stories, superheroes, and peer
training. The center also had limitation in using technologies specifically to give social skills
training. The teachers are not enough qualified in the education and training of children with
autism. The center has good strategies to work with parents. Based on the major findings of the
study, it is recommended the center to improve the social skill training by using different scientific
methods as well as by using available and cost effective technologies as well as governmental and
nongovernmental organizations have to support the training and education of children and youth
with autism in different possible ways
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Nia Foundation Joy Center