Encouraging Social Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
by Casey Wimsatt on Jun 25, 2007
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The overall purpose of our third study was to determine if a computer-based social skills intervention for children with autism or Asperger Syndrome is effective in improving specific social skills.
The overall purpose of our third study was to determine if a computer-based social skills intervention for children with autism or Asperger Syndrome is effective in improving specific social skills.
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This study was published in a peer reviewed journal in February 2011
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k1244308044ml647/
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Casey Wimsatt
The good news is that the autistic children were able to match the game performance of neurotypical students after just a few weeks. Unfortunately, as with the earlier 6 student study of transporters, and with all other studies I’ve seen except for FaceSay, there was no measured benefit to everyday life, where it counts.
As Baron-Cohen cautions in the press release...
’...while autistic children might be able to recognize emotions better after watching the DVD, that would not necessarily change their behavior at home or on the playground.’
Unlike this FaceSay study , now published in a peer reviewed journal,
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k1244308044ml647/
where parents reported improved behavior at home on a standard assesment (see slide 12), and blinded grad students measured improved behavior with peers on the playground - increased eye contact, more initiation of social interactions, and fewer negative behaviors (see slide 13), this latest Transporters study showed improved performance only with animated characters in the game:
'Close generalisation of skills - children were asked to match animated familiar Transporters faces to situations they had not seen before. Distant generalisation to real [animated] human faces - children were asked to match animated unfamiliar faces to unfamiliar situations.' 3 years ago Reply
Given this background, and the challenge of generalization, the UAB researchers did not expect to see any improvement at home or at school (see quote in LRP publications Aug 2007) and have cautioned that these results are almost too good to be true. A new study is gearing up to try to replicate the results from this study as well as to more directly measure whether or not playing FaceSay helps the kids know where to look on the face for clues. They say it will be a big deal if the results are positive.
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www.FaceSay.com 4 years ago Reply