Title :
Caregiving intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders using an animal robot
Author :
Cho, Kwangsu ; Shin, Christine
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Interaction Sci., Sungkyunkwan Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper, we explore the possibility of using animal robot for teaching social behaviors, especially caregiving behavior to children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD).
Keywords :
handicapped aids; health care; medical disorders; robots; ASD; PDD; animal robot; autism spectrum disorders; caregiving behavior; caregiving intervention; pervasive development disorder; social behavior teaching; Abstracts; Animals; Autism; Educational institutions; Frequency measurement; Robots; Variable speed drives; Animal Robot; Autism; Caregiving behavior; PLEO; Social skills development;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lausanne
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4393-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121