virtual floortime: using games to engage children with autism spectrum disorder
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Using Games to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
presented by Jeremy Sarachan
St. John Fisher College
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication/Journalism and the Digital Cultures and
Technologies program
Zev and Angry Birds
Autism Facts
1 in 88 (1 in 54)
Language/Social/Emotional
Range of cognitive functioning
And the saying goes...
"If you've met one child with autism, you've met one child with autism."
High-functioning Autism& Asperger's
Visual memory and processing (higher than normal, not savant)
High intelligence
Focused interests
Social awkwardness (perhaps), but shy?
Social Stories/Procedural Rhetoric
ddy.com/blog/speech-therapy-techniques/using-social-stories-in-speech-therapy/
http://mallikat.hotglue.me/?R+and+I/
Non-linear narrative seen as a social story
http://blog.daum.net/ksmcn/18
Computer Clubhouse Model
Media Lab: 1989 [Lifelong kindergarten]
Principles:
Support Learning Through Design Experiences
http://www.ywca-miami.org/site/pp.asp?c=drKNIZPHIsE&b=1028347
HELP MEMBERS BUILD ON THEIR OWN INTERESTSCULTIVATE AN EMERGENT COMMUNITY OF LEARNERSCREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF RESPECT AND TRUST(RUSK, RESNICK, AND COOKE)
How this could work
"THE LAB" IN MELBOURNE AS A STARTING POINT: LEADING TO COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION.
UNYFEAT'S SUCCESSESGAMES:DEFINABLE CHARACTERS/PREDICTABLE ACTIONSSIA (SPECIAL INTEREST AREA)SOCIAL GAME OBJECTIVES: "USABILITY", "INTERRUPTIBILITY, "LENIENT PUNISHMENTS”, "JUICINESS" (JUUL)
The format
SMALL COMPUTER LAB WITH COLLABORATIVE WORKING SPACESTUDENTS WORK IN PAIRS OR GROUPS OF 3
90 MINUTES-TWO HOURS, EITHER WEEKLY OR IN A CAMP FORMATMULTIPLE TRAINED MENTORS, WITH PERHAPS A 3:1 RATIO.
http://www.simpalife.com/school-kids-needing-computers-for-homework/
The product
Planning Outlines (Mindmaps)
Storyboards
Small, chunked sections
Stencyl, Game Salad, Scratch
next steps
Collaborators
Students/Community Groups
Grants
Space
Questions and comments?
Jeremy Sarachan
jsarachan@sjfc.edu
@jeresarachan
jeremysarachan.com
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