Collaborative Puzzle Game: Fostering collaboration in children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and with typical development

Author

Battocchi, Alberto ; Pianesi, Fabio ; Venuti, Paola ; Ben-Sasson, Ayelet ; Gal, Eynat ; Weiss, Patrice L Tamar

Author_Institution

Intell. Interfaces & Interaction, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

June 29 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

204

Lastpage

204

Abstract

We present the design and an initial evaluation of the Collaborative Puzzle Game (CPG), an interactive game designed with the purpose of creating a technology-supported activity for fostering collaboration in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Results show that shaping interaction with a set of system-provided rules called ldquoenforced collaborationrdquo makes interaction more complex but has a positive impact on children´s collaboration.

Keywords

computer games; groupware; patient treatment; user interfaces; Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Collaborative Puzzle Game interface; children collaboration; enforced collaboration; interactive game; technology-supported activity; Assembly; Autism; Cognitive science; Collaboration; Educational technology; Feedback; Fingers; Medical treatment; Testing; Variable speed drives; ASD; collaboration; tabletop interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, 2009

Conference_Location

Haifa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4188-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4189-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVR.2009.5174242

Filename

5174242