Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention

There is a growing gap between the number of children with autism requiring early intervention and available therapy. We present a portable platform for pervasive delivery of early intervention therapy using multi-touch interfaces and principled ways to deliver stimuli of increasing complexity and a...

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Main Authors: Venkatesh, Svetha, Greenhill, Stewart, Phung, D., Adams, Brett, Duong, Thi
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science Inc 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42107
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author Venkatesh, Svetha
Greenhill, Stewart
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Duong, Thi
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description There is a growing gap between the number of children with autism requiring early intervention and available therapy. We present a portable platform for pervasive delivery of early intervention therapy using multi-touch interfaces and principled ways to deliver stimuli of increasing complexity and adapt to a child’s performance. Our implementation weaves Natural Environment Tasks with iPad tasks, facilitating a learning platform that integrates early intervention in the child’s daily life. The system’s construction of stimulus complexity relative to task is evaluated by therapists, together with field trials for evaluating both the integrity of the instructional design and goal of stimulus presentation and adjustment relative to performance for learning tasks. We show positive results across all our stakeholders–children, parents and therapists. Our results have implications for other early learning fields that require principled ways to construct lessons across skills and adjust stimuli relative to performance.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-421072017-09-13T14:19:38Z Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention Venkatesh, Svetha Greenhill, Stewart Phung, D. Adams, Brett Duong, Thi There is a growing gap between the number of children with autism requiring early intervention and available therapy. We present a portable platform for pervasive delivery of early intervention therapy using multi-touch interfaces and principled ways to deliver stimuli of increasing complexity and adapt to a child’s performance. Our implementation weaves Natural Environment Tasks with iPad tasks, facilitating a learning platform that integrates early intervention in the child’s daily life. The system’s construction of stimulus complexity relative to task is evaluated by therapists, together with field trials for evaluating both the integrity of the instructional design and goal of stimulus presentation and adjustment relative to performance for learning tasks. We show positive results across all our stakeholders–children, parents and therapists. Our results have implications for other early learning fields that require principled ways to construct lessons across skills and adjust stimuli relative to performance. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42107 10.1016/j.pmcj.2012.06.010 Elsevier Science Inc restricted
spellingShingle Venkatesh, Svetha
Greenhill, Stewart
Phung, D.
Adams, Brett
Duong, Thi
Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention
title Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention
title_full Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention
title_fullStr Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention
title_short Pervasive Multimedia for Autism Intervention
title_sort pervasive multimedia for autism intervention
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42107