Avatar assistant: Improving social skills in students with an ASD through a computer-based intervention

publication

Author: 

Hopkins, I. M.
Gower, M. W.
Perez, T. A.
Smith, D. S.
Amthor, F. R.
Casey Wimsatt, F.
Biasini, F. J.

Citation: 

 

Hopkins, I. M., Gower, M. W., Perez, T. A., Smith, D. S., Amthor, F. R., Casey Wimsatt, F., & Biasini, F. J. (2011). Avatar assistant: Improving social skills in students with an ASD through a computer-based intervention. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(11), 1543-1555.

Keywords: 

  • asperger syndrome
  • autism
  • children
  • computer-assisted instruction
  • educational
  • elearning
  • emotions
  • learning
  • pc
  • social skills
  • students
  • technology

Health Topic: 

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Issues and Skills

Target Population: 

  • Children

Game Platform: 

  • Computer

Publication Type: 

  • Journal Article

Partners

  • HopeLab
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • SAGE Publishing
  • UNICEF Kid Power