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Designing for interaction immediacy to enhance social skills of children with autism

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Monica Tentori,

Gillian R. HayesAuthors Info & Claims

UbiComp '10: Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference on Ubiquitous computing

Pages 51 - 60

https://doi.org/10.1145/1864349.1864359

Published: 26 September 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder often require therapeutic interventions to support engagement in effective social interactions. In this paper, we present the results of a study conducted in three public schools that use an educational and behavioral intervention for the instruction of social skills in changing situational contexts. The results of this study led to the concept of interaction immediacy to help children maintain appropriate spatial boundaries, reply to conversation initiators, disengage appropriately at the end of an interaction, and identify potential communication partners. We describe design principles for Ubicomp technologies to support interaction immediacy and present an example design. The contribution of this work is twofold. First, we present an understanding of social skills in mobile and dynamic contexts. Second, we introduce the concept of interaction immediacy and show its effectiveness as a guiding principle for the design of Ubicomp applications.

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Designing for interaction immediacy to enhance social skills of children with autism
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Assistive technologies
  2. User characteristics
    1. People with disabilities

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UbiComp '10: Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference on Ubiquitous computing

September 2010

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ISBN:9781605588438

DOI:10.1145/1864349

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