Paper Info
Title
Technology-enhanced discriminative programs for children with autism
Abstract
Autism impacts a subject's communication, socialization and language abilities with different degrees of severity. Intensive therapy is needed to improve and maintain these abilities over time. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) enriches communication with images, video or gestures to help children with autism understand a task. Discrete Trial Training (DTT), breaking up a task into small trials of increasing levels of difficulty (structured trials), is used in teaching autistic children. In this paper, we compare the progress of seven autistic children while carrying out both traditional and technology-enhanced Applied Behavior Analysis programs, including matching, receptive and expressive trials. Results show that with ABCD software learning time is reduced, as children in the sample required less time to master new articles and generalize previously mastered skills.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255258
PervasiveHealth
Keywords
Field
DocType
design,human factors,data analysis,aba,technology-enhanced training,measurement,autism,knowledge acquisition,user-centered design,social issues,language acquisition,performance
Autism,Developmental psychology,Discrete trial training,Gesture,Psychology,Applied behavior analysis,Socialization,Discriminative model,Augmentative and alternative communication
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.56
6
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Silvia Artoni1133.22
Susanna Pelagatti240.56
Maria Claudia Buzzi316023.60
Marina Buzzi424233.45
Caterina Senette5338.96