A Qualitative method to analyze response in robotic intervention for children with autism

Author

Shamsuddin, Syamimi ; Yussof, Hanafiah ; Hanapiah, Fazah Akhtar ; Mohamed, Salina

Author_Institution

Center for Humanoid Robots & Bio-Sensing (HuRoBs), Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

26-29 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

325

Abstract

This paper presents a method to carry out qualitative analysis when evaluating the interaction between child and robot in autism intervention. The technique consists of 24-items of behavioral assessment which was referenced to the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-Second Edition (GARS-2). GARS-2 is a screening instrument used to identify and diagnose autism. Preliminary results from a pilot study show that this method had allowed qualitative observation to be carried out to compare the behavior of autistic children with and without the presence of a robot. The feasibility of this technique will be further justified through future wide-spread studies involving a larger number of children spanning across the whole spectrum of autism.

Keywords

behavioural sciences; handicapped aids; human-robot interaction; medical disorders; medical robotics; GARS-2; Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-Second Edition; autism diagnosis; autism identification; autism intervention; behavioral assessment; children-with-autism; response analysis; robotic intervention; screening instrument; Autism; Current measurement; Electronic mail; Humanoid robots; Medical treatment; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RO-MAN, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Gyeongju

ISSN

1944-9445

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2013.6628477

Filename

6628477