Usability of technology supported social competence training for children on the Autism Spectrum

2011 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, ICVR 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Weiss, Patrice L ^a   Gal, Eynat ^a   Zancanaro, Massimo ^b   Giusti, Leonardo ^b   Cobb, Sue ^c   Millen, Laura ^c   Hawkins, Tessa ^c   Glover, Tony ^c   Sanassy, Daven ^c   Eden, Sigal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC); Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); Collaborative games; Collaborative virtual environment (CVE); Shared active surface (SAS); Touch table

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACES; AUTISM SPECTRUM CONDITION (ASC); COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT); COLLABORATIVE GAMES; COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (CVE); TOUCH TABLE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISEASES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 80052077675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2011.5971867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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