Yüksek Lisans TeziBu araştırma, sanat eğitiminin otizmli çocukların duyusal problemleri üzerine etkisini incelemek amacı ile planlanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamına alınan çocuklar; deney ve kontrol grubu olarak iki grupta incelenmişlerdir. Araştırmanın deney grubunu on, kontrol grubunu ise benzer özelliklerde dokuz DSM IV kriterleriyle otizm tanısı almış yaşları 7 ile 21 arasında değişen toplam 19 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Araştırma 13.02.2006 da başlayıp 10.05 2006 tarihinde sona erecek şekilde toplam üç aylık sürede, haftada iki gün iki saatlik uygulamalı dersler şeklinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Uygulamalar Eğitim Uygulama Okulu İş Merkezinin bir sınıfında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu amaçla veri toplama aracı olarak çocuklar ve aileleri hakkında bilgi edinmek için Genel Bilgi Formu; Fazlıoğlu ve Baran tarafından (2004) yapılmış 42 itemden oluşan otizmli çocukların duyusal problemlerini ölçmek için Duyusal Değerlendirme Formu ve araştırmacı tarafından ilgili literatür taranarak oluşturulmuş sanat eğitimi esnasındaki becerileri değerlendirmek üzere hazırlanmış Plan Performansları Formu, 19 otizm tanısı almış çocuğa ön test ve son test olarak uygulanmıştır. Ön testleri uyguladıktan üç ay sonra son testler uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS programı ile bilgisayara kayıt edilerek birleştirilmiş ve istatistiksel (Wilcoxon signed rank, chi-sguare ve Pearson Korelâsyon Analizi) yöntemler kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, deney grubundaki otizmli çocukların Duyusal Değerlendirme Formundan aldıkları ön test ve son test puanları arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak.(z=0.76, p<0.05) anlamlı bulunmuştur. Kontrol grubundaki otizmli çocukların duyusal problemlerinde ise anlamlı bir değişiklik olmamıştır. Pan Performansları Formu’ndan elde edilen ön test ve son test puanları istatistiksel olarak anlamlı(p<005) bulunmuştur. Ayrıca otizmli çocukların duyusal problemleri ile Plan Performans formundan aldıkları puanlar arasındaki ilişkiye korelasyon analizi yapılarak bakılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda duyusal problemler ile plan performansları arasında hem ön test (r= -0,803) hem son test (r= -0,892) puanları arasında negatif bir korelasyon saptanmıştır. Anahtar Sözcükler: Yaygın Gelişimsel Bozukluk, Otizm, Sanat EğitimiThis research has been organized in order to examine the effect of art education on the sensory problems of children with autism. Upon the research group was being selected, the files of children who were diagnosed as autistic that were recorded in Edirne Education Implementation School and Work Center (Edirne Egitim Uygulama Okulu ve s Merkezi) were scanned. In this direction, the children with autism who had not attended to any art education program beforehand were chosen for the research group by using simple coincidental illustration method. Afterwards, the parents of these children were invited to Trakya University, The Center of Education For Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children and they were informed about the research then their approval was taken. The children who were included in the study scope were examined in two different groups; one is experimental group and the other is control group. In this study, the experimental group consisted of 10 and the control group consisted of 9, in total 19, children between 7 and 21 years old with similar features who were diagnosed as autistic according to DSM IV criteria. The research was held as periods of two hours in each week during 3 months which began on 13th. of February,2006 and came to an end on 10th. of April,2006. The implementation was conducted in a classroom in Education Implementation School and Work Center. During implementation, study was held in the light of 21 aims and behaviours. For this purpose, as a medium for gathering data and to obtain information about children and parents, General Information Form; Sensory Assessment Form consisting of 42 items which is used to measure the sensory problems of children with autism and which has been designed by Fazlıoglu and Baran (2004); and a Plan Performance Form which is developed by the researcher by scanning related literature in order to assess the abilities during art education were applied to 19 children who were diagnosed as autistic, as preliminary and final tests. Final tests were applied after three months from the application of preliminary tests. The data obtained was combined by being recorded on computer through SPSS program and was assessed by using statistical methods (Wilcoxon signed rank ve chi-sguare and Pearson Correlation Analysis). As a result of the research, the difference between preliminary and final tests results .(z=0.76, p<0.05) that were obtained from children with autism in the experimental group through Sensory Assessment Forms For Children were found statistically meaningful. But a remarkable change did not occur among sonsory problems of the children with autism in the control group. The preliminary and final tests points (p<005) obtained from Plan Performance Form were found statistically meaningful. In addition; the relation between sensory problems of the children with autism and their Plan Performance Form results was examined through correlation analysis. As a result of this analysis; in both preliminary (r= -0,803) and final tests (r= -0,892) a negative correlation was found between sensory problems and plan performances.Keyword:Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Autism,Art Therapy
