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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-03-2007 | Original Paper

Using Virtual Environments for Teaching Social Understanding to 6 Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Peter Mitchell, Sarah Parsons, Anne Leonard

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 3/2007

Abstract

Six teenagers with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) experienced a Virtual Environment (VE) of a café. They also watched three sets of videos of real cafés and buses and judged where they would sit and explained why. Half of the participants received their VE experience between the first and second sets of videos, and half experienced it between the second and third. Ten naïve raters independently coded participants’ judgments and reasoning. In direct relation to the timing of VE use, there were several instances of significant improvement in judgments and explanations about where to sit, both in a video of a café and a bus. The results demonstrate the potential of Virtual Reality for teaching social skills.

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Titel: Using Virtual Environments for Teaching Social Understanding to 6 Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs: Peter Mitchell
Sarah Parsons
Anne Leonard
Publicatiedatum: 01-03-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0189-8

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