Virtual floortime: Using games to engage children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

4th International IEEE Consumer Electronic Society - Games Innovation Conference, IGiC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sarachan, Jeremy ^a  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's; Autism; constructivism; special interest area; video game creation

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER; AUTISM; CONSTRUCTIVISM; SPECIAL INTEREST AREA; VIDEO GAME;

DISEASES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84869381244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGIC.2012.6329852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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