Collaborative Research Project: Developing and Testing a Robot-Assisted Intervention for Children With Autism.

ABSTRACT: The present work is a collaborative research aimed at testing the effectiveness of the robot-assisted intervention administered in real clinical settings by real educators. Social robots dedicated to assisting persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are rarely used in clinics. In a collaborative effort to bridge the gap between innovation in research and clinical practice, a team of engineers, clinicians and researchers working in the field of psychology developed and tested a robot-assisted educational intervention for children with low-functioning ASD (N = 20) A total of 14 lessons targeting requesting and turn-taking were elaborated, based on the Pivotal Training Method and principles of Applied Analysis of Behavior. Results showed that sensory rewards provided by the robot e

SUBMITTER: Kostrubiec V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7805640 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature