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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020

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.

Wing-Chee So, Chun-Ho Cheng, Wan-Yi Lam, Ying Huang, Ka-Ching Ng, Hiu-Ching Tung, Wing Wong

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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wing-Chee SoDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.. wingchee@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6538-1663
Chun-Ho ChengDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Wan-Yi LamDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Ying HuangDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Ka-Ching NgDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Hiu-Ching TungDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Wing WongDepartment of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Funding

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund 8146003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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AttentionSocial BehaviorAsian PeopleAutism Spectrum DisorderChild, PreschoolDramaFemaleHumansMalePlay TherapyRoboticsAutismEarly childhoodFunctional playInterventionJoint attentionSocial robots

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PMID31655965

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