Abstract
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may present, in addition to deficits in communication, social interaction and patterns of restricted and repetitive behaviors, also present a deficit in joint attention (JA), which refers to the response repertoire of following and/or directing an adult’s visual attention to objects or events in the environment. By having a strong relationship with the learning process, joint attention deficits can compromise a person’s learning process. In this way, the use of technology can help in the development of abilities in people with autism, such as, for example, improving joint attention, communication and social skills. In this context, the general objective of the work proposal was to develop a computational approach for intervention that allows the interaction of the student with autism, with 4 and 5 years old, with deficit in joint attention and social-communicative difficulties. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques were used to model the most appropriate sequence and level of complexity of exercises for each child. AI resources were used with the intention of providing an intelligent environment to guide the child, dynamically and adaptively, in order to promote stimuli and adequate personalization of the process. In this way, it is intended to contribute significantly to the advancement of the state of the art regarding the production of computational technologies for people with ASD.
Supported by Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) - UNIVERSAL DEMAND Process: APQ-00837-21.
This research has an opinion embodied by the Research Ethics Committee number 5.273.182, with CAAE 54880921.7.0000.5152, the Proposing Institution being the Faculty of Computing of the Federal University of Uberlândia.
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Valentim, N.A., Dorça, F.A., Asnis, V.P., Elias, N.C. (2023). The Artificial Intelligence as a Technological Resource in the Application of Tasks for the Development of Joint Attention in Children with Autism. In: Naldi, M.C., Bianchi, R.A.C. (eds) Intelligent Systems. BRACIS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14195. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45368-7_20
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