Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training

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

doi:10.1145/2591062.2591146

Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training

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

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Discrete Trial Training (DTT) is one of the most effective training methods for children diagnosed with Autism. Traditional DTT suffers from limitations of inconsistencies on account of human error, disruptions due to in-session data collection by trainers, and difficulties of producing physical within-stimulus prompts. Current software solutions either support sole child usage thereby eliminating the social interaction benefits of DTT or lack automated data collection. Designed by an inter-disciplinary team of software engineers, HCI, and psychology experts and certified behaviour analysts for a touch-tabletop, DTTAce is an assistivesoftware that provides digital consistency and integrity and supports customization of trials, automated data collection, and within-stimulus prompts while preserving natural interactions and the social nature of DTT. It is an important step towards designing effective assistive software for Discrete Trial Training.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	36th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE Companion 2014) - Proceedings
Editors	Pankaj Jalote, Lionel Briand, André van der Hoek
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	622-623
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450327688
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2591062.2591146
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Software Engineering 2014 - Hyderabad, India Duration: 31 May 2014 → 7 Jun 2014 Conference number: 36th http://2014.icse-conferences.org/

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Software Engineering 2014
Abbreviated title	ICSE 2014
Country/Territory	India
City	Hyderabad
Period	31/05/14 → 7/06/14
Internet address	http://2014.icse-conferences.org/

Keywords

Assistive technology
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Children
Discrete trial training (DTT)
Education
Learning
Software application design
Touchtables

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Picardo, V., Metson, S., Hoda, R., Amor, R., Arnold-Saritepe, A., Sharp, R., & Brand, D. (2014). Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training. In P. Jalote, L. Briand, & A. van der Hoek (Eds.), 36th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE Companion 2014) - Proceedings (pp. 622-623). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2591062.2591146

Picardo, Valerie ; Metson, Samuel ; Hoda, Rashina et al. / Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training. 36th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE Companion 2014) - Proceedings. editor / Pankaj Jalote ; Lionel Briand ; André van der Hoek. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. pp. 622-623

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Picardo, V, Metson, S, Hoda, R, Amor, R, Arnold-Saritepe, A, Sharp, R & Brand, D 2014, Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training. in P Jalote, L Briand & A van der Hoek (eds), 36th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE Companion 2014) - Proceedings. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 622-623, International Conference on Software Engineering 2014, Hyderabad, India, 31/05/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2591062.2591146

Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training. / Picardo, Valerie; Metson, Samuel; Hoda, Rashina et al.
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

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Picardo V, Metson S, Hoda R, Amor R, Arnold-Saritepe A, Sharp R et al. Towards designing assistive software applications for Discrete Trial Training. In Jalote P, Briand L, van der Hoek A, editors, 36th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE Companion 2014) - Proceedings. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2014. p. 622-623 doi: 10.1145/2591062.2591146

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