fa پیوستگی بین مهارت های حرکتی و انجام فعالیت های خلاقانه و تفریحی در مدرسه برای کودکان مبتلا به اختلال طیف اوتیسم کاردرمانی Occupational Therapy پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Background and Objectives: </strong>Performing recreational and leisure activities are an important part of children&rsquo;s school function, including children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to examine the association between motor proficiency, performing recreational, and leisure activities in school for the children with autism spectrum disorder.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, 52 students with autism spectrum disorder aged 7-12 years old were selected by available sampling method and the students with co morbidity were excluded from the study. Data were collected using a school function assessment (SFA) and the Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency- Second Edition (BOTMP-2).<br> <strong>Results: </strong>The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there was a significant positive linear&nbsp; relationship with moderate strength between performing recreational and leisure activities and components of motor proficiency, including gross motor skills (<em>P</em> = 0.001,<em> r</em> = 0.41), upper limb coordination (<em>P</em>=0.000, <em>r</em>=0.44), and fine motor skills (<em>P</em> = 0.00, <em>r</em> = 0.58). Also, the results of multiple linear regression model indicated that only the fine motor skills as one of the components of motor proficiency had the ability to predict performing recreational and leisure activities(<em>&beta;</em> = 0.5, <em>P</em> = 0.002).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of this study revealed that there was a relationship between performing recreational, leisure activities, and motor proficiency and the highest correlation was observed with fine motor skills, upper limb coordination, and gross motor skills, respectively. Also, fine motor skills had a moderate predictive ability. Thus, in order to improve student&rsquo;s function in their school, perceptual motor interventions would be an important part of their treatment program.<br> &nbsp;</span></div> Recreational, Leisure activities, Motor skills, Activities of daily living, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 1 8 http://fdj.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-27-4&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mahsa Kheirollahzadeh مهسا خیراله‌زاده 1003194753284600729 1003194753284600729 Yes Department of Occupational Therapy , School of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران Mehdi Alizadeh Zarei مهدی علیزاده زارعی 1003194753284600730 1003194753284600730 No Department of Occupational Therapy , School of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران Malek Amini مالک امینی 1003194753284600731 1003194753284600731 No Department of Occupational Therapy , School of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران Faezeh Dehghan Tarzjani فائزه دهقان طرزجانی 1003194753284600732 1003194753284600732 No Department of Neuroscience, School of New Technologies, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran گروه علوم اعصاب، دانشکده فن آوری های جدید، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران، تهران، ایران