Is the social robot probo an added value for social story intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona Simut ◽  
Cristina Pop ◽  
Jelle Saldien ◽  
Alina Rusu ◽  
Sebastian Pintea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Social Story ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Make a Fruit Salad with Probo, the Social Robot: An Interaction Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona E. Simut ◽  
Johan Vanderfaeillie ◽  
Andreea Peca ◽  
Greet Van de Perre ◽  
Bram Vanderborght
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Interaction Study ◽  
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.

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