Dixon Dennis R, Miyake Christopher J, Nohelty Karen, Novack Marlena N, Granpeesheh Doreen
Center for Autism and Related Disorders, 21600 Oxnard Street, Suite 1800, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2019 Dec 13;13(3):631-640. doi: 10.1007/s40617-019-00401-1. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at an increased risk of injury, making safety skills training essential. Whether such training is conducted in the natural environment or in contrived settings is an important consideration for generalization and safety purposes. Immersive virtual reality (VR) environments may offer the advantages of both contrived and natural environment training settings, providing structure to create repeated learning opportunities in a safe and realistic analogue of the natural environment. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of an immersive VR safety skills training environment in teaching 3 children with ASD to identify whether it is safe to cross the street. After modifications to the VR training environment, all 3 participants reached mastery criteria in both VR and natural environment settings. Findings suggest that immersive VR is a promising medium for the delivery of safety skills training to individuals with ASD.
患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的儿童受伤风险更高，因此安全技能培训至关重要。对于推广和安全目的而言，此类培训是在自然环境中还是在人为设置的环境中进行是一个重要的考虑因素。沉浸式虚拟现实（VR）环境可能兼具人为设置和自然环境培训的优势，在安全且逼真的自然环境模拟中提供结构以创造重复学习机会。本研究评估了沉浸式VR安全技能培训环境在教导3名患有ASD的儿童识别过马路是否安全方面的有效性。对VR培训环境进行修改后，所有3名参与者在VR和自然环境中均达到了掌握标准。研究结果表明，沉浸式VR是向患有ASD的个体提供安全技能培训的一种很有前景的媒介。
