TROCAS: Communication Skills Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders via ICT

Silva, Margarida Lucas da; Simões, Carla; Gonçalves, Daniel; Guerreiro, Tiago; Silva, Hugo; Botelho, Fernanda

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23768-3_103

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“…Reference [17], through a long-term study, reports on the benefits of using the TROCAS customized platform which is a message board designed to support visual, auditory and context information. In a very simple way, this platform allows autistic children to share opinions with others through the use of "Like" and "Dislike" buttons, view other children's opinions and exchange messages.…”

Section: A Autism Spectrum Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy

Drigas

Petrova

2014

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Abstract-Over the past decade speech and language therapy has taken an interesting turn towards the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) for diagnosis of disorders and delivery of therapy. In many cases ICTs have worked as assistive tools to therapists, while in others as sole providers of therapy, especially in remote areas. In this report we provide a brief overview of the most representative articles for applications and assistive technologies used for assessment and intervention purposes in Speech Therapy according to the type of disorders.

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Section: A Autism Spectrum Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy

Drigas

Petrova

2014

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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“…Moreover, the tutor can adjust the application according to each child, have full control over the software and intervene at all levels, with some HTML and CSS editing. The evaluation is still yet to be completed and will be addressed towards the tutor's satisfaction, as well as the children's [26] & [27].…”

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Drigas

Vlachou

2016

Int. J. Recent Contrib. Eng. Sci. IT

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Abstract-The aim of this report is to provide systematic analysis of studies investigating ICT tools for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. They are categorized into ICT assessment tools and ICT intervention tools. The review outlines the origin of each tool, its functionality by describing certain technological features and how it attributes to this scientific field. On the one hand, there are many ICT tools that contribute in the diagnosis of ASD. On the other hand, ICT intervention tools play also an important role, trying to enhance both cognitive and social abilities of the ASD child. Through the review of these articles, we try to investigate how far they have come in meeting these targets.

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“…In [11], Silva et al have focused only on the group who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and identified the benefits of using ICT to develop the communicative competences of those students using a novel multimedia platform called TROCAS. Their focus on customizability is very important since this solution is for a special group of students, not for normal students.…”

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A Game Based Learning Approach to Enrich Special Education in Sri Lanka

Perera

Wijerathne

Wijesooriya

et al. 2015

Int J on Adv. in ICT for Emerging Countries

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In this fast moving world, providing equal access to information and knowledge to everybody is restricted due to specific groups of students who are not capable to engage in learning in a regular manner because of their physical, mental or psychological disabilities. These kinds of students require individual attention and special assistance from their parents and teachers in learning process. They might benefit from some other special learning techniques provided as learning aids rather than conventional learning methods. Since Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based learning is a novel approach which integrates learning with computing, this research is intended to explore the relevancy of ICT based education for enhancing the learning effectiveness of students with special needs. A few game based activities have been developed considering both functional and non-functional requirements, gathered through discussions had with doctors and teachers in special education. These activities focus on basic concepts of three subject areas as Colour, Number and Language. In order to evaluate the performance improvement, two tests were carried out as 'pre-test' and 'post-test' for a sample of students with the developed activities. Number of levels completed by each student, number of mistakes made during the game and time taken to finish a game were measured throughout the user evaluation phase. With this experiment, it was proven that ICT can be used as a driving tool to enhance the learning effectiveness in special education domain.

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TROCAS: Communication Skills Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders via ICT

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ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy

ICTs in Speech and Language Therapy

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

A Game Based Learning Approach to Enrich Special Education in Sri Lanka

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