Paper Info
Title
VidCoach: a mobile video modeling system for youth with special needs
Abstract
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often characterized by a deficit in social skills, including the ability to interview successfully for jobs, a key hurdle to be overcome for independent living. One effective way that individuals with ASD can learn and retain valuable life skills is through the use of video modeling. Peer video modeling focuses on individuals imitating models similar to themselves (i.e., physical characteristics, age, ethnicity, gender, etc.), and self-modeling focuses on watching oneself successfully completing tasks. In this paper, we describe the design of VidCoach, a mobile application built to support both peer modeling and self-modeling for individuals with ASD. VidCoach can aid adolescents in work transition programs with learning and retaining job interview skills, and we present a scenario that highlights how a user might interact with VidCoach in this particular context. We conclude with a brief overview detailing our current work focused on evaluating the VidCoach application and a discussion of the potential for VidCoach to extend beyond our job-interviewing scenario to involve learning and retaining life skills in other areas.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2485760.2485870
IDC
Keywords
Field
DocType
mobile video modeling system,autism spectrum disorder,vidcoach application,valuable life skill,video modeling,current work,special need,mobile application,life skill,job-interviewing scenario,job interview skill,work transition program
Video modeling,Special needs,Life skills,Psychology,Social skills,Job interview,Autism spectrum disorder,Ethnic group,Independent living,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.66
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rachel Rose Ulgado130.66
Katherine Nguyen230.66
Van Erick Custodio330.66
Aaron Waterhouse430.66
Rachel Weiner530.66
Gillian Hayes61852155.64