Background & Objective About 70% of children with autism spectrum disorder have low or very low levels of IQ, and their balance is usually poor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of superbrain yoga exercise on fluid intelligence, visual spatial perception, academic achievement Indexes and balance in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Method:This experimental study was conducted as a pretest-posttest with control group. The statistical population of the study included all students with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the elementary school of Besharat in Tehran. Among them, 20 boys were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned into two experimental (n=10) and control (n=10) groups. The experimental group performed 12 weeks of experimental Yoga exercises. The data collection tools were Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fifth Ed and Static Equilibrium Stack Test. Shapirowilk, Levene and independent t tests of gained scores were used for data analysis.
Results: Superbrain yoga exercises did not have a significant effect on static equilibrium, fluid intelligence, Visual Spatial Perception and achievement of children.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it is recommended that other studies be conducted with better research design, the use of neural imaging techniques, and other components of academic achievement, In order to further investigate various aspects of the effectiveness of. Super Brain Yoga exercises on academic achievement.