The purpose of this study is to identify the role of autism centers in enhancing the social skills of autistic children from the point of view of social workers working in autism centers as well to identify the major obstacles and needs of the autism centers to enhance the social skills of autistic children. The participants in the study consisted of 128 social workers working in autism centers in the emirates of Ajman and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. This descriptive study was based on a questionnaire consisting of 40 items was designed and randomly distributed to social workers at different autism centers in the emirates of Ajman and Sharjah. The results of the study revealed that social workers have a high-perspective point of view on the important role of autism centers in enhancing autistic children’s social skills, the necessity to provide social and psychological support programs for autistic children at the center, and increasing the number of competent social workers inside the autism centers. The study also showed that the role of autism centers in enhancing the social skills of autistic children varies according to the gender of social workers in favor of male social workers, and there were no statistically significant differences according to the variables of academic qualification and the experience of social workers. The study recommended more studies on children with autism and autism centers.

本研究的目的是从在自闭症中心工作的社会工作者的角度确定自闭症中心在增强自闭症儿童社交技能方面的作用，并确定自闭症中心在增强社会技能方面的主要障碍和需求。自闭症儿童的技能。该研究的参与者包括在阿拉伯联合酋长国阿治曼酋长国和沙迦酋长国自闭症中心工作的 128 名社会工作者。这项描述性研究基于一份包含 40 个项目的调查问卷，并随机分发给阿吉曼和沙迦酋长国不同自闭症中心的社会工作者。研究结果显示，社会工作者对自闭症中心在增强自闭症儿童社交技能方面的重要作用、中心为自闭症儿童提供社会和心理支持项目的必要性以及增加自闭症中心内有能力的社会工作者的数量。研究还显示，自闭症中心在增强自闭症儿童社交技能方面的作用因社会工作者的性别而异，男性社会工作者更受青睐，而且根据学历和经验变量，没有统计学上的显着差异。的社会工作者。该研究建议对自闭症儿童和自闭症中心进行更多研究。