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Development of a Gamified Intervention for Children with Autism to Enhance Emotional Understanding Abilities

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Chaoguang Wang,

Qi SongAuthors Info & Claims

ICDTE '22: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education

Pages 47 - 51

https://doi.org/10.1145/3568739.3568749

Published: 12 January 2023 Publication History

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests behaviorally in early childhood and persists through life. As digital natives, today's children grow up with video games and digital technologies. Digital games have been validated helpful for neuropsychiatric disorders, and they are a very suitable form to engage children. This paper presents an upcoming study which aims to investigate computer games as an alternative for treating behavior and neuropsychiatric disorders. It will study the use of computer games that include emotionally charged scenarios as an intervention for autistic children, especially enhancing their emotional understanding abilities. Players’ emotional response is an amazing and fundamental aspect of computer gaming experience, which is very difficult for traditional media to both trigger and capture. In addition, computer games can make greater use of player motivation, a key tool for helping ASD sufferers (especially children) concentrate on a specific task, and most studies reported positive outcomes. This study will develop a computer game for ASD therapy and then a pilot test will be conducted to validate the game intervention. The outcome of this project will contribute to the gamification studies for health and wellbeing by building a concrete design case to assist children with autism with empirical evaluation. The unique value proposition is the use of computer game to provide an engaging, effective, economic and low-side effect intervention.

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López-Bouzas Ndel Moral-Pérez MCastañeda-Fernández J(2024)Improved socio-emotional skills in students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) following an intervention supported by an Augmented Gamified EnvironmentInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100683(100683)Online publication date: Sep-2024
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López-Bouzas Ndel Moral-Pérez M(2023)Gamified Environments and Serious Games for Students With Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Review of ResearchReview Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders10.1007/s40489-023-00381-7Online publication date: 11-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-023-00381-7
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Development of a Gamified Intervention for Children with Autism to Enhance Emotional Understanding Abilities
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Interactive learning environments

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ICDTE '22: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Technology in Education

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Honorato NSoltiyeva AOliveira WDelabrida SHamari JAlimanova M(2024)Gameful strategies in the education of autistic children: a systematic literature review, scientometric analysis, and future research roadmapSmart Learning Environments10.1186/s40561-024-00309-611:1Online publication date: 4-Jun-2024
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-024-00309-6
López-Bouzas Ndel Moral-Pérez MCastañeda-Fernández J(2024)Improved socio-emotional skills in students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) following an intervention supported by an Augmented Gamified EnvironmentInternational Journal of Child-Computer Interaction10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100683(100683)Online publication date: Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100683
López-Bouzas Ndel Moral-Pérez M(2023)Gamified Environments and Serious Games for Students With Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Review of ResearchReview Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders10.1007/s40489-023-00381-7Online publication date: 11-May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-023-00381-7
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