A long-term study of children with autism playing with a robotic pet Taking inspirations from non-directive play therapy to encourage childrens proactivity and initiative-taking

Interaction Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-373

  François, Dorothée ^a   Powell, Stuart ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive Technology; Autism; Children; Human Robot Interaction; Non Directive Play Therapy; Robot Assisted Play; Robot Mediated Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649090032     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.10.3.04fra     Document Type: Article

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