Three-dimensional virtual learning environments for mediating social skills acquisition among individuals with autism spectrum disorders

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-88

  Schmidt, Carla ^a   Schmidt, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Social skills instruction; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; SOCIAL SKILLS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70450227620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463689.1463725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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