MEBook: Multimedia Social Greetings Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
| Autor: | Wing Hang Wong, Nkiruka Uzuegbunam, Sen-ching S. Cheung, Lisa A. Ruble |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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030506 rehabilitation
Multimedia Computer science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences General Engineering Interpersonal communication Animation medicine.disease computer.software_genre Computer Science Applications Education 03 medical and health sciences Nonverbal communication Autism spectrum disorder medicine Autism 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Praise 0305 other medical science computer 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Gesture |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 11:520-535 |
| ISSN: | 2372-0050 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tlt.2017.2772255 |
| Popis: | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that impairs the development of social and communication skills. There is evidence that children with ASD prefer images of self over others [1] . These studies may explain the effectiveness of video self-modeling (VSM), an evidence-based ASD intervention in which one learns by watching oneself on video performing a target behavior. VSM content is difficult to create as target behaviors are sporadic. In this paper, we propose the MEBook system which uses a Kinect sensor to inject self-images into a gesture-based social narrative to teach children with ASD proper greeting behaviors. MEBook consists of two components. The first component is a social narrative. A social narrative is an animated story about the main character meeting and greeting different cartoon characters in a particular setting. Self-modeling is achieved by first replacing the main characters face with an image of the learner, and then animating the learner's body and voice to match the narration. The second component is a positive reinforcement practice session in which the subject is prompted to greet different cartoon characters. Through depth-based body posture tracking, proper greeting behaviors are recognized and immediately reinforced with praise and visual confetti. Novel computational multimedia tools are proposed to turn video recordings of successful attempts into VSM content, thereby alleviating the tedious production process. A multiple-baseline single subject pilot study has been conducted and the preliminary results show that MEBook is potentially effective in teaching greeting behaviors to children with ASD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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