The Effect Of Giving Family’s Psychososial Stimulation On Social Development Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) At ADIP Center Therapy Sumber Bendo Kediri Regency

Luluk Susiloningtyas (STIKes Pamenang)
Nurin Fauziyah (STIKes Pamenang)
Ratih Kusuma Wardhani (STIKes Pamenang)

Strada Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan (SJIK)
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2020): November

Psychosocial stimulation served as a beneficial reinforcer for child development. Good psychosocial stimulation has a positive impact on the social development particularly for children with ASD. These study used a Quasi Experiment with Non-equivalent Control Group Design. The research analysis of the Mann Whitney test showed a significance of Sig (p) = 0.034. α = 5% = 0.05, p <α means there are differences in social development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the treatment group with the control group, it means that there is a difference after the treatment of giving psychosocial stimulation by the family. The analysis was performed using the Wilcoxon test, it was found that Sig (p) = 0.003. α = 5% = 0.05, p <α, it means that there is an effect of giving psychosocial stimulation by the family on the social development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).