This research aims to study the effectiveness of the instructional package “My Emotions” which impacts the emotional perception skills of children with autism according to the 80/80 criteria by comparing the emotional perception skills of children with autism before and after using the “My Emotions” instructional package. The focus group of this research consists of students with autism from Grades 1-3 from the Special Learning Center for students with special needs at the Demonstration School of Ramkhamhaeng University (15 students). The participants were selected via purposive sampling. The research methodology utilized One Group Pretest- Posttest Design. The tools used in the research are (1) the instructional package “My Emotion” and (2) the assessments which measure emotional perception skills of children with autism that were conducted 2 days per week, 40 minutes each day, for 4 weeks, a total of 8 assessments sessions. The statistics used in the data analysis were median, tool efficacy, and score difference. The analysis showed that
1. The effectiveness of the instructional package “My Emotions” on the emotional perception skills of children with autism has an efficiency of 84.67/85.33, which meets the 80/80 criteria.
2. When comparing the emotional perception abilities of children with autism before and after using the instructional package “My Emotion”, there is a statistically significant difference of .05 where the scores for emotional perception abilities after using the instructional package were higher.

Authors:
Aporn Saardaium, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

About the Presenter(s)
Aporn Saardaium is a lecturer of Curriculum and Instruction Department, Faculty of Education, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand.

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