The Effectiveness of the Luvas Training Program in the Development of Verbal Communication in Autistic Children

Abstract

The study was aimed at revealing the effectiveness of the Luvas training programme in the development of verbal communication among autistic children in Constantine. The study sample was formed from a case of autism spectrum disorder, having a middle degree according to cars autism test. The sample was purposive, which included a 7-year-old case in the association of “candles of hope for autistic children”, and the following tools were applied: Cars Autism Test (2), the verbal contact test and the programme of Luvas for autistic child, which is based on applied behaviour analysis. The programme was applied in the aforementioned association during the period from 2018 to 2019, where we had used the empirical likeness method and a case study methodology in order to identify the impact of verbal communication training programme. The results of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences in the degree of situation between the prior and post measurement, on verbal communication test for the benefit of the remote measurement, which is positive for the impact of the training programme, indicating the continuity of the programme's effectiveness.