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Tablets for two: how dual tablets can facilitate other-awareness and communication in learning disabled children with autism
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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:10 authored by Samantha HoltSamantha Holt, Nicola YuillNicola YuillLearning-disabled children with autism (LDA) are impaired in other-awareness, joint attention and imitation, with a poor prognosis for developing language competence. However, better joint attention and imitation skills are predictors of increased language ability. Our study demonstrates that a collaborative activity delivered on a novel dual-tablet configuration (two wifi-linked tablets) facilitates active other-awareness, incorporating imitation and communicative behaviour, in 8 LDA boys with limited or no language, aged 5 - 12 years. LDA children did a picture-sequencing activity using single and linked dual tablets, partnered by an adult or by an LDA peer. Overall, the dual-tablet configuration generated significantly more active other-awareness than children sharing a single tablet. Active other-awareness was observed in LDA peer partnerships using dual tablets, behaviour absent when peer partnerships shared a single tablet. Dual tablets facilitated more communicative behaviour in adult-child partnerships than single tablets. Hence, supporting collaborative activities in LDA children can facilitate other-awareness and communicative behaviour and adult and peer partnerships make different, but essential contributions to social-cognitive development through the collaborative process.
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International Journal of Child-Computer InteractionISSN
2212-8689Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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11Page range
72-82Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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- Developmental and Clinical Psychology Research Group Publications
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2016-11-24First Open Access (FOA) Date
2017-11-18First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-11-24Usage metrics
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