Efficacy of neurofeebdback training on sociability and behavioural among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children and young adults

Nor Hidayah, Ali (2011) Efficacy of neurofeebdback training on sociability and behavioural among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children and young adults. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This study explores the efficacy of Neurofeedback Training (NFT) on sociability and behavioural among Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children and young adults. This case study was conducted using pre-test and post-test within subject quasi experimental. This study involved 34 participants, purposely selected from Kuching Autistic Association (KAA). The Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) developed by Bernard Rimland and Stephen M. Edelson from Autism Research Institute (ARI) was used to measure the effectiveness NFT on ASD children and young adults in KAA. This study was conducted based on observation technique using the A TEC. The observation was emphasized on sociability and behavioural among them. Generally, this study found there have improvement in total ATEC score (t (34) =9.122, p< 0.05), sociability (t (34) = 8.391, p< 0.05) and behavioural (t (34) =4.875, p< 0.05) among ASD children and young adults after received NFT. This study also found that there also differences between ATEC post-test score in behaviour with the range of age of participants in KAA (t (34); p=.021; p< 0.05). This study also revealed no difference between ATEC post-test score in sociability and behavioural by gender (t (34) =1.088, p> 0.05 and t (34) =1.751, p> 0.05), ethnic (t (34) =.317, p> 0.05and t (34) =.583, p> 0.05), medication (t (34) =.259, p> 0.05and t (34) =1.186, p> 0.05) and HTMA (t (34) =.619, p> 0.05and t (34) =.860, p> 0.05).

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