Accessing peer social interaction: Using authorable virtual peer technology as a component of a group social skills intervention program

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-29

  Tartaro, Andrea ^a   Cassell, Justine ^b   Ratz, Corina ^c   Lira, Jennifer ^d   Nanclares Nogués, Valeria ^e  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^d Francis W Parker School   (United States)

^e ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Constructionism; Virtual peers

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

AUTISM; CONSTRUCTIONISM; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; NEW SOCIAL BEHAVIORS; PEER INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL PEERS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84919742306     PISSN: 19367228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2700434     Document Type: Article

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