Brief Report: Assessment of the Social-Emotional Profile in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a Novel Comic Strip Task

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 2505-2512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmel S. Sivaratnam ◽  
Kim Cornish ◽  
Kylie M. Gray ◽  
Patricia Howlin ◽  
Nicole J. Rinehart
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Comic Strip ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

CAN THE SOCIAL ROBOT PROBO HELP CHILDREN WITH AUTISM TO IDENTIFY SITUATION-BASED EMOTIONS? A SERIES OF SINGLE CASE EXPERIMENTS

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350025 ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTINA ANAMARIA POP ◽  
RAMONA SIMUT ◽  
SEBASTIAN PINTEA ◽  
JELLE SALDIEN ◽  
ALINA RUSU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Social And Emotional Skills ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Children with autism spectrum disorders have difficulties in identifying situation-based emotions, which is a fundamental ability for mind reading. Social robots received increased attention as assisting tools for improving the social and emotional skills of children with autism. This study investigates whether the social robot Probo can help children with autism spectrum disorders to enhance their performance in identifying situation-based emotions. Three participants (age between 5 and 6) diagnozed with autism spectrum disorders were included in a single case AB experimental design, with intersubjects replications. The results show that children's performance improved with moderate to large effect sizes in identifying both sadness and happiness. Based on these results, we intend to perform more extensive investigations regarding the effectiveness of robot assisted therapy in improving social-emotional abilities for children with autism spectrum disorders.

To Develop the Sense of Activity Through Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

2020 ◽  
pp. 174-195
Author(s):  
Víctor del Toro Alonso ◽  
Mónica Jiménez-Astudillo ◽  
Pilar Gutiez-Cuevas
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ideal Tool ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Communicative

Play is an ideal tool for enhancing the development of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is important to know their possibilities and to develop play activities that permit the special educational needs of these children to be addressed in an adequate way. Therefore, a case study is presented with two children and a two-year follow-up period during which the authors observe which aspects the development has evolved and if it is possible to increase the sense of the activity in these children using play as an educational response. The results are accompanied by an in-depth interview with the teachers of the students over the two-year period. An improvement in areas of development is evidenced in the social, communicative, symbolic, and anticipation and flexibilization dimensions during the two years immersed in a play methodology, supported by the structuring of routines and task spaces. Also, an evolution of the sense of the activity and the development of functional play is observed.

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