The effectiveness of a program to improve working memory and its impact on story-telling(Narrative) skills for autistic and Intellectual Disability children: a comparative study

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1 Intellectual disability department, Faculty of science of special needs, Beni suief University

2 Faculty of Science for People with Special Needs - Beni Suef University

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The current research aims to investigate the effectiveness of a working memory training program on storytelling skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID), as well as the sustainability of the program's effectiveness two months after the training sessions have concluded. The research sample consisted of 20 children, divided into two groups: 10 children with mild intellectual disability and 10 children with ASD. The age range of the children was between 7 and 10 years old, with an average age of 4.95 years and a standard deviation of 0.80 years. To achieve the research objectives, the following tools were used: he Arabic Pictorial Storytelling Scale (Ahmad Khattab, Zainab Madi, 2022) The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (Mahmoud Abunail, 2013) The Vineland Social Maturity Scale• The proposed working memory training program.The program sessions were implemented over three months, with two sessions per week, for a total of 24 sessions. Each session lasted between 30 and 45 minutes. A follow-up assessment was conducted two months after the program's implementationThe research findings revealed the program's effectiveness in improving storytelling skills in both groups. Statistically significant differences were found between the pre-test and post-test mean ranks, indicating improvement in storytelling skills. Additionally, the program's effect persisted after the follow-up period

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