Transfer Nearly Completed - A VR shopping skills simulator for children with autism

Abstract

Dette speciale præsenterer en undersøgelse om hvorledes Virtual Reality (VR) kan anvendes til træning for personer med Autisme Spektrum Forstyrrelse (ASF), i særdeleshed til træning af adfærd og adaptive færdigheder. Undersøgelsen bevægede sig fra traditionelle adaptive færdighedstræningsteknikker, teorier og almindelig praksis, til et fokus på teknologi og VR til overførsel og træning. VR-Systemet er konstrueret i samarbejde med Valhøj Skole i Rødovre, og evalueret ved en sammenlignende undersøgelse (n=9) i er rigtigt supermarked. Efter 7 sessioner i løbet af 2 uger for blev behandlingsgruppen, blev deltagerne evalueret igen. Der blev fundet en signifikant forskel (P < 0.05) med in Difference in Difference regression, med tilføjede forklarende variable. På trods af den lille stikprøve, vurderer vi at vi fandt en effekt ved behandlingen, ydermere på baggrund af kvalitative præstationsmålinger.

This Master Thesis presents a study conducted to investigate feasibility and effectiveness of Virtual Reality (VR) applied to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) training, with particular emphasis on behaviour and adaptive skills. The study moved from the assessment of traditional adaptive skills training techniques, theories, and common practices, to subsequently focus on technology and VR applied to transfer of training. The system was built in collaboration with teacher from Valhøj Skole in Rødovre. A comparative experiment was conducted (n=9) with initiated training following a baseline decision-making tasks assessed in a real supermarket. After running 7 sessions over 2 weeks for the treatment group, participants were assessed again. Significant difference (P < 0.05) was found with a Difference in Difference regression with added predictors to explain causal interference, but due to the sample size the success of the treatment was substantiated on the basis of qualitative measures of performance.

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Transfer Nearly Completed - A VR shopping skills simulator for children with autism