The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the VB-MAPP program for enhancing language skills (expressive and receptive language) and academic skills among children with ASD. Finding out how much the program still works to help autistic children with their language skills after two months of participation. The study adopted the quasi-experimental method with pre-post-follow-up measurements to achieve the mentioned objectives. A total of 20 children made up the study sample were selected in an accessible way that met the conditions of the children of the Lubbaik Center in Jeddah. The study showed that there are statistically significant differences in favor of the post-measurement in language skills (expressive and receptive language) before and after the program's implementation. Additionally, the language skills (expressive and receptive language) in the post-test and follow-up assessments show no statistically significant alterations.
Keywords: VB-MAPP program, (expressive and receptive language), ASD