A Serious Game for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as a tool for play therapy

Barajas, Alejandra Ornelas; Osman, Hussein Al; Shirmohammadi, Shervin

doi:10.1109/segah.2017.7939266

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“…In the interpersonal skills, the studies addressing social interactions (Barajas et al, 2017;Bernardini et al, 2014;Foster et al, 2010;Hourcade et al, 2012), recognition of emotions (Fridenson-Hayo et al, 2017;Grynszpan et al, 2008), and facial expressions (Gordon et al, 2014) are included. In the interpersonal skills, the studies addressing social interactions (Barajas et al, 2017;Bernardini et al, 2014;Foster et al, 2010;Hourcade et al, 2012), recognition of emotions (Fridenson-Hayo et al, 2017;Grynszpan et al, 2008), and facial expressions (Gordon et al, 2014) are included.…”

Section: Rq1 Which Aspects Of Adaptive Behaviour and Intellectualmentioning

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Studying the effects of computer serious games on people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder: A systematic literature review

Tsikinas

Xinogalos

2018

Computer Assisted Learning

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This study examines the available literature on the effects of serious games on people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder. The studies were categorized based on the limitations in skills that these people address. Fifty‐four studies were selected, from different data sources. These studies address limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour. The results showed that the majority of studies on the effects of serious games for people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder had a positive impact. Also, most studies for people with autism aim to improve social and communicational skills, whereas conceptual and cognitive skills were mainly observed in studies for people with intellectual disabilities. Although this study covers serious games in all platforms or delivery systems, the overwhelming majority of the presented studies include computer serious games. Computer‐assisted learning through serious games is considered quite promising for people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder.

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Section: Rq1 Which Aspects Of Adaptive Behaviour and Intellectualmentioning

confidence: 99%

Studying the effects of computer serious games on people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder: A systematic literature review

Tsikinas

Xinogalos

2018

Computer Assisted Learning

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“…It is touted that the combination of tangible user interface and the computer-based graphical user interface will lead to more effective education/treatment for children with ASD [26].…”

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Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Liu

Zhao

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Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The rapid development of computer and robotic technologies in the last decade is giving hope to perform earlier and more accurate diagnoses of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and more effective, consistent, and cost-conscious treatment. Besides the reduced cost, the main benefit of using technology to facilitate treatment is that stimuli produced during each session of the treatment can be controlled, which not only guarantees consistency across different sessions, but also makes it possible to focus on a single phenomenon, which is difficult even for a trained professional to perform, and deliver the stimuli according to the treatment plan. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of research on recent technology-facilitated diagnosis and treat of children and adults with ASD. Different from existing reviews on this topic, which predominantly concern clinical issues, we focus on the engineering perspective of autism studies. All technology facilitated systems used for autism studies can be modeled as human machine interactive systems where one or more participants would constitute as the human component, and a computer-based or a robotic-based system would be the machine component. Based on this model, we organize our review with the following questions: (1) What are presented to the participants in the studies and how are the content and delivery methods enabled by technologies? (2) How are the reactions/inputs collected from the participants in response to the stimuli in the studies? (3) Are the experimental procedure and programs presented to participants dynamically adjustable based on the responses from the participants, and if so, how? and (4) How are the programs assessed?

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“…Likewise, ECHOES [9] is an intelligent application, in which autistic children interact with an avatar verbally, non-verbally, or both via a multi-touch display. SGs for autistic children have two main purposes: education and therapy [12,13]. According to our previous review of SGs for ASD children [10], there is a need for more research on therapy [12,13].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…SGs for autistic children have two main purposes: education and therapy [12,13]. According to our previous review of SGs for ASD children [10], there is a need for more research on therapy [12,13]. One example targets autistic children that speak very quickly, who are likely to be unintelligible, by developing their speech to become clearer and more understandable [12].…”

Section: Purpose Of Serious Games For Children With Asdmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One example targets autistic children that speak very quickly, who are likely to be unintelligible, by developing their speech to become clearer and more understandable [12]. Another SG combines tangible and graphical user interfaces on a PC, aimed at enhancing children's social and cognitive skills [13]. Although these SGs show significant promise for ASD therapy, further research is required.…”

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Sinbad and the Magic Cure: A Serious Game for Children with ASD and Auditory Hypersensitivity

Zakari

Poyade

Simmons

2017

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Serious games (SG) are part of a range of technologies that can be used for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Typically, these games target communication skills, social interaction and speech. There are, however, few SGs for autistic children which have the aim of helping to moderate sensory hypersensitivity. This paper presents an SG which aims to target this area. A set of critical sounds was heuristically determined, and implemented in an interactive SG for reducing auditory hypersensitivity (i.e. over-sensitivity to environmental sounds) in children with ASD. The game, Sinbad and the Magic Cure, is designed for Android devices, and is intended for children aged 8-11.

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A Serious Game for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as a tool for play therapy

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

Studying the effects of computer serious games on people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder: A systematic literature review

Studying the effects of computer serious games on people with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder: A systematic literature review

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Sinbad and the Magic Cure: A Serious Game for Children with ASD and Auditory Hypersensitivity

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