Behavioral disorders and their relationship to performance enhancers for autistic children

The current research aims to identify the relationship between behavioral disorders and performance enhancers for autistic children by identifying the reinforcement methods most used to reduce behavioral disorders for autistic children, and the type of relationship between performance enhancers and behavioral disorders for autistic children . The researcher used the descriptive approach, due to its relevance with the nature of the research. The basic study sample was deliberately chosen from children with moderate severity autism who were integrated into the educational process at the Comprehensive Social Rehabilitation Center in Nasr al-Nuba, and their number is (7) children aged between (9-12 years), The research sample was chosen in light of the following : : .He must have an autism disorder of moderate severity- To be included in the educational process.- The results showed that reinforcement is a way to correct behavior in general. Based on the results obtained through this modest research, we have seen the importance of reinforcement of all kinds in evaluating and correcting the course of behavioral disorders in an autistic child. The results confirmed that reinforcement methods should be used to significantly reduce the behavioral disorders of autistic children, respectively. (Social reinforcers, then symbolic reinforcements, then nutritional and activity reinforcements, and finally physical reinforcements). It also resulted in a positive correlation and a positive correlation between behavioral disorders in its various dimensions and the dimensions of performance enhancers' methods in the study sample .