Effects of Applied Behavior Analysis method on the performance of 5 to 10 year old autistic children in Farshchian Therapy Center of Hamadan in 1389

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of ABA treatment on the performance of Hamadan autistic children.An applied research with an experimental design has been used. All the autistic children of Farshchian therapy center of Hamadan were treated. To collect data a questionnaire containing questions covering data for the general profile of respondents and also psychological data (general knowledge, attention, imitation and self-help), was applied both as pre-and post-test. The data was analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance and repeated measures. Dependent variables were analyzed using an alpha level of Ben Frony (0125 / 0)showed significant differences between groups in terms of the variables (general knowledge, attention, imitation and self-help).Test results of repeated measurements for experimental and control groups in comparison to pre-test scores, was significant.