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Encouraging collaboration in hybrid therapy games for autistic children

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Sebastian Marwecki,

Roman Rädle,

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CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468439

Published: 27 April 2013 Publication History

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Social competence and communicative skills of children with autism spectrum disorders are supported by behavioral therapy. "Serious games", especially therapeutic games on a hybrid medium, have been proven to serve as a useful tool for behavioral therapy. In this work, we present such a hybrid therapy game: "Invasion of the Wrong Planet". Based on the game, we demonstrate essential design principles for the development of therapeutic games. We focus on specific aspects of behavioral therapy, depending on which desired behavior is encouraged and not enforced. The project provides a basis for discussion on how collaboration using therapeutic games in general can be improved.

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We provide a supplemental video that demonstrates the concept of our project "Invasion of the Wrong Planet" described in the paper. It illustrates the game and shows the meaning of "encouraged collaboration", a design principle derived from aspects of behavioral therapy. With this principle we hope to improve hybrid therapy games for children with autism spectrum disorders. The video type is mp4 (codec h.264) and will work with any standard video player provided that a proper video codec is installed.

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