Designing and deploying a virtual social sandbox for autistic children.

This exploratory study was intended to investigate the design and feasibility of using a web virtual reality based social learning space for autistic children at home. The researchers of the current study developed and implemented an open-source, web virtual reality based learning program for childr...

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Publicado en:Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 1178 - 1210
Autores principales: Ke, Fengfeng, Moon, Jewoong, Sokolikj, Zlatko
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2024
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          Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Methods
          Learning Environment
          Patient Attitudes
          Autism Spectrum Disorder Rehabilitation
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      ab: This exploratory study was intended to investigate the design and feasibility of using a web virtual reality based social learning space for autistic children at home. The researchers of the current study developed and implemented an open-source, web virtual reality based learning program for children with autism. Endorsing mixed-method convergent parallel design, we collected both qualitative and quantitative data from four autistic children, including repeated measures of social skills performance, self- and parent-reported social and communication competence, observation notes, and individual interviews. The study found preliminary evidence for a positive impact of deploying a virtual reality-based social sandbox on the practice and development of complex social skills for autistic children. All participants showed significant reduced social communication impairments from the pre- to the post-intervention phases. Nevertheless, participants' social skills performance in the virtual world was mediated by two social task design features—external goal structure and individualization. Play- and design-oriented social tasks in the three-dimensional virtual world framed meaningful social experiences or the naturalistic intervention for social skills development. Positive impacts of using a virtual reality-based social sandbox on complex social skills development for autistic children. Social task design features mediate social skills performance of autistic children. Purposeful environment arrangement creates a naturalistic intervention for autism.
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