Graduate Institute of E-learning, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1 Jin-De Road, 500, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC.
Res Dev Disabil. 2012 Nov-Dec;33(6):2141-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.023. Epub 2012 Jul 7.
The focus of this study is using data glove to practice Joint attention skill in virtual reality environment for people with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). The virtual reality environment provides a safe environment for PDD people. Especially, when they made errors during practice in virtual reality environment, there is no suffering or dangerous consequences to deal with. Joint attention is a critical skill in the disorder characteristics of children with PDD. The absence of joint attention is a deficit frequently affects their social relationship in daily life. Therefore, this study designed the Joint Attention Skills Learning (JASL) systems with data glove tool to help children with PDD to practice joint attention behavior skills. The JASL specifically focus the skills of pointing, showing, sharing things and behavior interaction with other children with PDD. The system is designed in playroom-scene and presented in the first-person perspectives for users. The functions contain pointing and showing, moving virtual objects, 3D animation, text, speaking sounds, and feedback. The method was employed single subject multiple-probe design across subjects' designs, and analysis of visual inspection in this study. It took 3 months to finish the experimental section. Surprisingly, the experiment results reveal that the participants have further extension in improving the joint attention skills in their daily life after using the JASL system. The significant potential in this particular treatment of joint attention for each participant will be discussed in details in this paper.
本研究的重点是使用数据手套在虚拟现实环境中练习共同注意技能，以帮助广泛性发育障碍（PDD）患者。虚拟现实环境为 PDD 患者提供了一个安全的环境。特别是，当他们在虚拟现实环境中练习时犯错误时，不会有痛苦或危险的后果需要应对。共同注意是 PDD 儿童障碍特征中的一项关键技能。共同注意的缺失是一种常见的缺陷，经常会影响他们在日常生活中的社交关系。因此，本研究设计了使用数据手套工具的共同注意技能学习（JASL）系统，以帮助 PDD 儿童练习共同注意行为技能。JASL 特别关注指向、展示、分享事物和与其他 PDD 儿童进行行为互动的技能。该系统设计在游戏室场景中，并以第一人称视角呈现给用户。其功能包括指向和展示、移动虚拟对象、3D 动画、文本、语音和反馈。该方法采用了跨被试设计的单一被试多个探针设计，并在本研究中进行了视觉检查分析。实验部分历时 3 个月完成。令人惊讶的是，实验结果表明，参与者在使用 JASL 系统后，在日常生活中进一步提高了共同注意技能。本文将详细讨论每个参与者在共同注意治疗方面的显著潜力。
