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Purpose: Building a program to develop phonological awareness in alleviating the severity of some speech disorders in autistic children. Methods: The study sample consists of (30) autistic boys and girls. Their average age is 7-10 years. The average IQ of the sample ranges from (60-70) and the average degree of autism disorder from (33-39). the study sample of autistic children belong to the same speech disorders and belong to a similar economic level. They were divided into two equal groups, experimental and the control, (15) in each group. The program was implemented over (three months) at a rate of (three days) per week, with an average of (35) minutes per session on experimental group. The study tools consist of: A measure of phonological awareness, speech disorders scale, a proposed communication program for autistic children (All of them prepared by the researchers). The Statistical methods were used are the Mann- Whitney test, a two-way ANOVA and a t-test and. Results: The results of the study revealed that there is a significant effect of the treatment (experimental/control) on the variance of the scores obtained by sample members in the post and follow-up measurements, while there is no significant effect of both gender and the interaction of treatment with gender on the variance of the scores obtained by individuals in the dimensional and subsequent measurement. Conclusion: the training program for developing phonological awareness that was applied in this study is characterized by a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness, and that it is suitable for reducing the severity of speech disorders in an autistic child.
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