Comparing two LEGO Robotics-based interventions for social skills training with children with ASD

Author

Albo-Canals, Jordi ; Heerink, M. ; Diaz, M. ; Padillo, Vanesa ; Maristany, Marta ; Barco, Alex ; Angulo, Cecilio ; Riccio, Ariana ; Brodsky, Lauren ; Dufresne, Simone ; Heilbron, Samuel ; Milto, Elissa ; Choueiri, Roula ; Hannon, Dan ; Rogers, Chris

Author_Institution

LIFAELS La Salle, Ramon Llull Univ., Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

26-29 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

638

Lastpage

643

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of two comparable studies with LEGO Robotics-based activities in a social skills training program for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One study has been carried out with a group of 16 children in the Unit of Pediatrics Psychology and Psychiatry in HSJD in Barcelona, Spain and the other with a group of 17 children at the Center for Education and Engineering Outreach (Tufts U.) in Boston, USA. The aim of this comparison is discuss lessons learnt and develop empirical based guidelines for intervention design.

Keywords

human-robot interaction; social sciences; ASD; Barcelona; Boston; Center for Education and Engineering Outreach; HSJD; LEGO robotics-based interventions; Spain; USA; Unit of Pediatrics Psychology and Psychiatry; autism spectrum disorders; social skill training program; Buildings; Educational institutions; Psychology; Robots; Software; Training; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RO-MAN, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Gyeongju

ISSN

1944-9445

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628420

Filename

6628420