정서,행동장애연구 : 수영이 고기능 자폐장애 아동의 상동행동에 미치는 영향 = The Effects of Swimming Program on Stereotyped Behaviors in Children with High- Functioning Autism

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Stereotyped behaviors are one of diagnostic features of autism and that behaviors do not decrease without intervention. therefore, this study was planed to find intervention which does not need a complicated procedure to reduce stereotyped behaviors in children with high-functioning autism. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency of the swimming program on stereotyped behaviors in children with high-functioning autism. The study included 2 children with high-functioning autism who were diagnosed as high-functioning autism by a psychiatrist. Children received swimming program instruction three times per week for 12 weeks. Stereotyped behaviors were assessed at baseline, intervention, follow-up. In order to examine the influence of swimming program, frequency and duration of stereotyped behaviors were measured and multi-baseline design across participants was used. Stereotyped behaviors of baseline, intervention, follow-up stages were measured by interval recording and duration recording. The result of this study is as follows: intervention stage`s frequency of stereotyped behaviors decreased from baseline levels. intervention stage`s duration of stereotyped behaviors decreased from baseline levels. interestingly, after 2 weeks of no intervention, frequency and duration of stereotyped behaviors remained decreased compared to intervention stage. In short, the swimming program was effective for consistently reducing stereotyped behaviors in children with high-functioning autism.