Effectiveness of virtual reality for teaching street-crossing skills to children and adolescents with autism

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Josman, Naomi ^a   Tamar Weiss, Naomi ^a   Ben Chaim, Hadass Milika ^b   Friedrich, Shula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Israel Ministry of Education   (Israel)

^c Ofer School for Children with Autism   (Israel)

Author keywords

autism; evaluation; Israel; street crossing skills; training; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PEDESTRIAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 43149119984     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJDHD.2008.7.1.49     Document Type: Article

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