Combination between the Two Approachs Teacch, ABA & the Serious GAME “JE Stimule” for a Strong IEP of an Autistic CHILD

Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social and interpersonal communication, combined with stereotyped and repetitive behaviors and interests.Otherwise, the factors influencing the parents' decision about what method to follow are usually the recommendations of others, practical issues, effectiveness of the intervention, and proven scientific evidence they do agree that these children should receive treatment, very quiqly, and must be better one (Escandell et al, 2015). the relevance of digital tools, also the implications of research on brain-compatible learning have led to the development of technology-assisted learning that has been and is being adapted and introduced into the classroom as a valuable and effective aid to understanding the benefits of different educational options.

Objectives:

Our aim of this present work is to establish a strong and adequate educational program for children with autism in Morocco using a method inspired by two different approaches ABA and TEACCH, and a software developing emotional recognition at the autistic children. The secondary goal was to determine whether the use of this software would positively influence the autistic enjoyment at school, as assessed by their teachers, and whether there is a combination of educational programs: ABA, TEACCH and the software "JeStimule".

Methods:

A 10 children participated in the research, in AL-AMAL association at Sale diagnosed with autism by health professionals (child psychiatrist and child psychologist), and 4 educators who were able to follow with us the program during a school year with a remediation of emotions included on the different parts of the educational program (TEACCH + ABA). After the beginning of the year a comparison was made of JeStiMULE results before and after using both approach.

Results:

The result show that self-esteem and self-efficacy of educators after the use of the program is higher than before starting the program, while the Wilcoxon test shows a significant result (p<0.05) at Levels 1 and 2 of the game “Je StiMULE” which leads to a remarkable improvement after the educational program,

Conclusions:

The sample, which we used, is not enough but our goal is to establish a Moroccan version approach inspirit from TEACCH & ABA and a including technology by using software as “Je StiMULE” in education to autistic children, Which may change their future.