Comparison effectiveness between ABA therapy with brain gym in gross motor skills among autism children aged six years to twelve years old

Autism is a growth disorder in children which symptom included gross motor disorders. Autistic children had low gross motor skills lead to child development task especially school age, coordination movement in learning did not follow the chronological age. The study aims to determine the comparison of effectiveness between Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) therapy with brain gym toward gross motor abilities in autism children aged between 6 years and 12 years. The study was used quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design method. The samples were 20 respondents which met the inclusion criteria such as autism children who have gross motor abilities disorder in SLB Risantya Bandung with crude motor ability parameter that is Test Gross Motor Development (TGMD) II. The result showed ABA therapy group had significant influenced toward gross motor abilities (p=0.00<0.05), while brain gym was not significant influenced toward gross motor abilities (p=0.083<0.05) in school-age autism children.