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Designing virtual peers for assessment and intervention for children with autism

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Julia Merryman,

Andrea Tartaro,

Miri Arie,

Justine CassellAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '08: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children

Pages 81 - 84

https://doi.org/10.1145/1463689.1463724

Published: 11 June 2008 Publication History

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Our research focuses on the use and design of virtual peers (life-sized, computer-animated children) as intervention and assessment tools for the social and communication skills of children with social skills deficits, such as autism. To best design a virtual peer that simulates human interaction, we observe and analyze the behaviors of both typically-developing children and children with autism as they play with peers. Later, we apply these behavioral characteristics to the behavioral repertoire of the virtual peers. This analysis identifies the key design attributes of a virtual peer that best elicits the social and communication skills we are interested in evaluating and addressing during the assessment and treatment procedures.

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IDC '08: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children

June 2008

289 pages

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DOI:10.1145/1463689

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Justine Cassell
Northwestern University

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