Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism

Valerie Picardo; Samuel Metson; Rashina Hoda; Robert Amor; Angela Arnold-Saritepe; Rebecca Sharp; Denys Brand

Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism

Valerie Picardo, Samuel Metson, Rashina Hoda, Robert Amor, Angela Arnold-Saritepe, Rebecca Sharp, Denys Brand

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Abstract

Discrete Trail Training (DTT) is an intervention method used by behaviour analysts for teaching skills to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) around a table using physical materials and artefacts. Traditional DTT suffers from these main challenges: inconsistency due to human limitations; need for repeatedly focusing child's attention on the trail at hand as children with ASD suffer from short attention spans; and disruptions on account of in-session data recording and analysis by the analysts while delivering the training. Developed in collaboration with HCI and behaviour analysis experts, our proposed solution is an interactive, tabletop software application that provides the consistency and integrity that DTT aims to achieve, while engaging the child's attention on the interactive interface, and seamlessly collecting and analysing in-session data in the background. Upcoming usability evaluations of the prototype promise to provide insight into the potential effectiveness of our prototype.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	User Interfaces 2014
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014)
Editors	Burkhard C. Wunsche, Stefan Marks
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	89-90
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781921770333
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Australasian User Interface Conference 2014 - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 20 Jan 2014 → 23 Jan 2014 Conference number: 15th https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~burkhard/AUIC2014/

Publication series

Name	Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series
Volume	150
ISSN (Print)	1445-1336

Conference

Conference	Australasian User Interface Conference 2014
Abbreviated title	AUIC 2014
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Period	20/01/14 → 23/01/14
Internet address	https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~burkhard/AUIC2014/

Keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Child-Computer Interaction (CCI) Education
Children
Discrete Trail Training (DTT)
Learning

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Picardo, V., Metson, S., Hoda, R., Amor, R., Arnold-Saritepe, A., Sharp, R., & Brand, D. (2014). Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism. In B. C. Wunsche, & S. Marks (Eds.), User Interfaces 2014: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014) (pp. 89-90). (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series; Vol. 150). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Picardo, Valerie ; Metson, Samuel ; Hoda, Rashina et al. / Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism. User Interfaces 2014: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014). editor / Burkhard C. Wunsche ; Stefan Marks. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. pp. 89-90 (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series).

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Picardo, V, Metson, S, Hoda, R, Amor, R, Arnold-Saritepe, A, Sharp, R & Brand, D 2014, Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism. in BC Wunsche & S Marks (eds), User Interfaces 2014: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014). Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series, vol. 150, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 89-90, Australasian User Interface Conference 2014, Auckland, New Zealand, 20/01/14.

Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism. / Picardo, Valerie; Metson, Samuel; Hoda, Rashina et al.
User Interfaces 2014: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014). ed. / Burkhard C. Wunsche; Stefan Marks. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. p. 89-90 (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series; Vol. 150).

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Picardo V, Metson S, Hoda R, Amor R, Arnold-Saritepe A, Sharp R et al. Designing an educational tabletop software for children with autism. In Wunsche BC, Marks S, editors, User Interfaces 2014: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2014. p. 89-90. (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series).

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