Analysis Of Social Skills In Autistic Children

This study describes social skills in autistic children. Autistic children at the Special School of Taman Pendidikan Islam Medan have obstacles in social skills, so that children experience obstacles when interacting socially in the surrounding environment. Obstacles to social skills can affect obtaining information so that children experience delays. This demonstrates that social skills are crucial in friendships and interactions with the environment. Autistic children are children who experience neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by limitations when communicating and interacting socially, so research related to the social skills of autistic children is an interesting thing to study. This type of research is qualitative research with a qualitative descriptive method. Data collection was conducted using the following methods: observation, interviews, documentation, and data triangulation. The results of the study showed that the social skills of autistic children in interacting with their environment showed quite good results