Executive Functions as Predictors of Expressive Language among Autistic children

Abstract

: This research aimed to detect the relationship between Executive Functions and Expressive Language, and predict Expressive Language by Executive Functions among Autistic Children, the research sample consisted of (30) Autistic children, and their age is between (6-12) years, with mean (8.10) year, and standard deviation (1.68), they were divided into two equal groups (control-experimental) group (5) Autistic children, The study tools included: Stanford Binet scale (5th ed) (Taha, et al., 2011), Giliam scale for analysis Autism(arabized by/ Mohamed, 2006), social-Cultural level Form for Family (prepared by/ the researcher), Executive Functions Scale for normal and special needs children (El-Shakhas & Morsy, 2013) (edited by/ the researcher), and Expressive Language Scale for Autistic children (prepared by/ the researcher), the research used the descriptive approach, the research results revealed that there is a positive correlated relationship between Executive Functions and Expressive Language among Autistic Children, and there is a predictability of Expressive Language by Executive Functions among Autistic Children.