The Role of Autism Centers in Enhancing the Social Skills of Autistic Children From the Perspective of Social Workers in Autism Centers

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK Journal of Human Rights and Social Work Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI:10.1007/s41134-023-00264-1
Walaa Elsayed, Najeh Rajeh Alsalhi, Mohd. Elmagzoub Eltahir, Sami Sami Al-Qatawneh
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The purpose of this study is to identify the role of autism centers in enhancing the social skills of autistic children from the point of view of social workers working in autism centers as well to identify the major obstacles and needs of the autism centers to enhance the social skills of autistic children. The participants in the study consisted of 128 social workers working in autism centers in the emirates of Ajman and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. This descriptive study was based on a questionnaire consisting of 40 items was designed and randomly distributed to social workers at different autism centers in the emirates of Ajman and Sharjah. The results of the study revealed that social workers have a high-perspective point of view on the important role of autism centers in enhancing autistic children’s social skills, the necessity to provide social and psychological support programs for autistic children at the center, and increasing the number of competent social workers inside the autism centers. The study also showed that the role of autism centers in enhancing the social skills of autistic children varies according to the gender of social workers in favor of male social workers, and there were no statistically significant differences according to the variables of academic qualification and the experience of social workers. The study recommended more studies on children with autism and autism centers.

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从自闭症中心社工的角度看自闭症中心在提高自闭症儿童社交能力方面的作用
本研究旨在从在自闭症中心工作的社会工作者的角度,确定自闭症中心在提高自闭症儿童社交技能方面的作用,并确定自闭症中心在提高自闭症儿童社交技能方面的主要障碍和需求。这项研究的参与者包括在阿拉伯联合酋长国阿治曼和沙迦酋长国的自闭症中心工作的 128 名社会工作者。这项描述性研究设计了一份包含 40 个项目的调查问卷,并随机分发给阿治曼和沙迦酋长国不同自闭症中心的社工。研究结果表明,社工对自闭症中心在提高自闭症儿童社交能力方面的重要作用、在中心为自闭症儿童提供社会和心理支持项目的必要性以及增加自闭症中心内有能力的社工人数等问题持高瞻远瞩的观点。研究还显示,自闭症中心在提高自闭症儿童社交能力方面的作用因社工的性别而异,男性社工更受青睐,社工的学历和经验变量在统计学上没有显著差异。研究建议对自闭症儿童和自闭症中心开展更多研究。
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期刊介绍: This journal offers an outlet for articles that support social work as a human rights profession. It brings together knowledge about addressing human rights in practice, research, policy, and advocacy as well as teaching about human rights from around the globe. Articles explore the history of social work as a human rights profession; familiarize participants on how to advance human rights using the human rights documents from the United Nations; present the types of monitoring and assessment that takes place internationally and within the U.S.; demonstrate rights-based practice approaches and techniques; and facilitate discussion of the implications of human rights tools and the framework for social work practice.
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