Development of postural activity program to reduce self-stimulation behavior “Collar biting” in autistic student

Abstract

This research is an ABAB Reversal Design. The objectives were to 1) study the effect of using  a set of posture activities to reduce self-stimulating behavior, “collar-biting” of the autistic student, and  2) compare the self-stimulating behavior, “collar-biting” of the autistic student before and after using the set of posture activities. The sample was a 7-year-old female autistic student at Tak Special Education Center, Tak Province, Mae Sot Branch. The research instruments used consisted of 1) a set of posture activities, consisting of sitting on a swing, picking up a ring and putting it on a pole, sitting on a ball, picking up a ring and putting it on a pole, and jumping on a trampoline, picking up a ring and putting it on a pole. The researcher selected meaningful activities that the learners liked and were interested in practicing. Therefore, the researcher practiced picking up a ring and putting it on a pole together with the set of posture activities. 2) Observation form for self-stimulating behavior, “collar-biting” before using the set of posture stimulation activities, the period of using the set of posture stimulation activities, the period after removing the set of posture stimulation activities, and the period of using the set of posture stimulation activities. 3) Individual lesson plans with the set of posture activities. Data were analyzed using percentage and mean statistics.

        The research results showed that the autistic student had self-stimulating behavior of “collar-biting” after using the posture training program. It was found that the self-stimulating behavior of “collar-biting” decreased, which was consistent with the hypothesis. When comparing the self-stimulating behavior of “collar-biting” of the autistic student who was trained with the posture training program,  it was found that the autistic student had self-stimulating behavior of “collar-biting” as follows: the results of comparing the self-stimulating behavior of “collar-biting” in phase 1 and phase 2 found that the autistic student had self-stimulating behavior of “collar-biting” decreased by 35.75 percent.