iPads and the Use of “Apps” by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Do They Promote Learning?

Allen, Melissa L.; Hartley, Calum; Cain, Kate

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01305

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“…Autism apps constitute the largest category of mental health apps and reflect a broad set of initiatives around management of autism. These autism apps not only can provide an app‐based learning environment that accommodates different learning styles and paces based on learners' responses [27] but also can make the smartphones or tablet computers speech‐generating devices to facilitate communication [28].…”

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Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Kao

Liebovitz

2017

PM&R

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This paper discusses the current state, barriers, and future directions of consumer-facing applications (apps). There are currently more than 165,000 mobile health apps publicly available in major app stores, the vast majority of which are designed for patients. The top 2 categories are wellness management and disease management apps, whereas other categories include self-diagnosis, medication reminder, and electronic patient portal apps. Apps specific to physical medicine and rehabilitation also are reviewed. These apps have the potential to provide low-cost, around-the-clock access to high-quality, evidence-based health information to end users on a global scale. However, they have not yet lived up to their potential due to multiple barriers, including lack of regulatory oversight, limited evidence-based literature, and concerns of privacy and security. The future directions may consist of improving data integration into the health care system, an interoperable app platform allowing access to electronic health record data, cloud-based personal health record across health care networks, and increasing app prescription by health care providers. For consumer mobile health apps to fully contribute value to health care delivery and chronic disease management, all stakeholders within the ecosystem must collaborate to overcome the significant barriers.

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Section: Current Statementioning

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Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Kao

Liebovitz

2017

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“…As noted in Gilroy et al (), high‐tech forms of AAC have been rapidly adopted in applied practices with ASD, increasingly researched, and used effectively to teach several forms of social and communicative behavior. Studies comparing high‐ and low‐tech AAC intervention have commonly found positive outcomes for both approaches (Agius & Vance, ; Allen, Hartley, & Cain, ; Bock, Stoner, Beck, Hanley, & Prochnow, ; Boesch, Wendt, Subramanian, & Hsu, ; Lorah et al, ; Stasolla et al, ), though the range of skills targeted in existing studies has been limited (Gilroy et al, ; Lorah, Parnell, Whitby, & Hantula, ; McCleery, ).…”

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A pilot community‐based randomized comparison of speech generating devices and the picture exchange communication system for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

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A pilot community-based randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to a teaching sequence using a high-tech Speech Generating Device (SGD) to teach social communication behaviors. The two approaches were compared to evaluate the effectiveness of the newer, more hightech intervention using technology to improve social and communicative behavior of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A total of 35 school-age children were randomized to either a high-tech (SGD device) or low-tech (PECS cards) form of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Study participants received 4 months of communication training delivered in their classrooms, and the primary outcome measures of the trial were several functional communication skills emphasized in the PECS teaching sequence. Results indicated that both high-tech and low-tech AAC approaches resulted in significant improvements in communication, and that these improvements did not differ significantly between the two approaches. These findings support the use of high-tech AAC, and highlight the need for evidence-based guidelines for its use as well as evaluation with individuals with a range impairments and disabilities.Lay Summary: This study compared the effectiveness of a free and open-source app for teaching social and communicative behavior to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to traditional picture card approaches. Thirty-five children with ASD were randomized to a picture card or app-based intervention and both treatment approaches resulted in significant improvements in social and communicative behavior. These data indicated that both "high-tech" and "low-tech" interventions were effective for improving behavior and that there was not a significant difference between the two approaches.

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“…The app-based learning extends the learning environment, not only learn at school; can learn at home. The educational apps can provide a seamless transition from school to home, promoting greater learning, critically important for ASD intervention programs, where repeated exposure is required [22].…”

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Development of a Therapeutic Mobile Application for Indian Autistic Children

Kanimozhiselvi*,

Kalaivani,

Poonguzhali

et al. 2019

IJRTE

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Autism is a serious, incurable mental disorder that hampers one's ability to interact and communicate. This disorder may be present as early as 18 months of age and can diagnose from early childhood. In recent times, one in every 68 children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Early diagnosis, social acceptance of kids suffering from this disorder and clearing misconceptions about the same is extremely important for social welfare. As of now, intervention is not of good quality in India and needs an institution building and professionalization to create real impact. Hence, it is necessary to provide autism intervention and therapies in school as well as in home to students from the age group of 2 to 16. Hence, there is a necessity to develop a mobile app, which will help the parents and teachers to train the autistic children. This mobile app will act as a therapeutic app and can offer help to caregivers in performing therapy and increase the time a child is engaged to therapy at reasonable cost.

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iPads and the Use of “Apps” by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Do They Promote Learning?

Cited by 64 publications

References 60 publications

Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions

A pilot community‐based randomized comparison of speech generating devices and the picture exchange communication system for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

Development of a Therapeutic Mobile Application for Indian Autistic Children

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