A Robot-Based Play-Drama Intervention May Improve the Joint Attention and Functional Play Behaviors of Chinese-Speaking Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study

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Wing-Chee So
Chun-Ho Cheng
Wan-Yi Lam
Ying Huang
Ka-Ching Ng
Hiu-Ching Tung
Wing Wong
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[1] The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Department of Educational Psychology
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2020年 / 50卷
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Autism; Social robots; Intervention; Early childhood; Joint attention; Functional play;
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Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have deficits in joint attention and play behaviors. We examined whether a robot-based play-drama intervention would promote these skills. Chinese-speaking preschool children were randomly assigned to an intervention group (N = 12) and a waitlist control group (N = 11). Children in the intervention group watched three robot dramas and engaged in role-plays with both robots and human experimenters over the course of 9 weeks. There were significant improvements in joint attention initiations and functional play behaviors in the intervention group. Parents of this group of children also reported less severe social impairments. It was therefore concluded that a robot-based play-drama intervention can enhance the joint attention and play behaviors of children with ASD.
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