اختيار، دعاء محمد محمدEkhtiar, Doaa Mohamed MohamedDoaa Mohamed MohamedEkhtiar2024-10-082024-10-082021https://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/10086The research aims to shed light on the diagnostic differences between neurodevelop-mental disorder (autism) and social phobia disorder as a clinical study and to identify the features of diagnosing neurodevelopmental disorder in early and late childhood and also identifying features of diagnosing social phobia disorder in early childhood and Late childhood. The researcher has followed a set of scientific methodologies that dealt with his subject, through the descriptive approach, and the researcher has de-scribed the symptoms, causes, how to treat and their types in a clinical manner based on his use of psychometric measurement tools standardized in the measurement previ-ously weighed and proven to be neutral, accurate, stable and objective in Measure-ment of the two disorders under study. Then, through the comparative approach, the researcher compared the similarities and differences between the two disorders under study in terms of causes, symptoms and treatment methods, after he conducted a series of personal interviews with five children suffering from social phobia disorder and five other children suffering from autism. The comparison included causes, symptoms and suggestions Methods of treatment and detection of diagnostic differences in the similarities between the two disorders. The study concluded with a set of results, the most important of which are: Proving the existence of a difference between autism disorder and social phobia for the individual, clarifying the similarities between them, and revealing the differential factors in symptoms between the two disorders under study.arAutistic children -- DiagnosisAutistic children -- Family relationshipsSocial phobia in children -- DiagnosisSocial phobia in children -- Family relationshipsExperiential psychotherapy for childrenDoctoral Thesis