ArrasTE-A: developing skills in autistic children through a digital game
Abstract
This article presents ArrasTE-A, a digital learning game for preschool-age autistic children. Its main goal is to be a support tool for the development of skills worked by teachers in the resources room. The game consists of four phases that encourage children to practice pairing skills, recognize geometric shapes, sizes, besides identify animals and colors. This paper details the game’s design and development process. In addition, the prototype was submitted to a validation stage with teachers who perform Specialized Educational Assistance (SEA), which highlighted the relevance of the developed application and proposed improvements for new versions of the game.
Keywords:
inclusive education, autism, digital games
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de Godoi, T. X., García, L. S., and Valentim, N. M. C. (2020). Evaluating a usability, user experience and accessibility checklist for assistive technologies for deaf people in a context of mobile applications. In Proceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pages 1–10.
de Orientação, S. M. (2019). Grupo de trabalho saúde na era digital. Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria.
Dyrbjerg, P., Vedel, M., and Pedersen, L. (2007). Everyday education: Visual support for children with autism. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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Gomes, D., Pinto, N., Melo, A., Maia, I., Paiva, A., Barreto, R., Viana, D., and Rivero, L. (2021). Developing a set of design patterns specific for the design of user interfaces for autistic users. In Proceedings of the XX Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pages 1–7.
Gomes, M. (2018). Fatores que facilitam e dificultam a aprendizagem. Revista Educação Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 18(14):28–38.
Horn, M. d. G. S. (2009). Sabores, cores, sons, aromas: a organização dos espaços na educação infantil. Artmed Editora.
Kamaruzaman, M. F., Rani, N. M., Nor, H. M., and Azahari, M. H. H. (2016). Developing user interface design application for children with autism. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 217:887–894.
Koumpouros, Y. and Toulias, T. (2020). User centered design and assessment of a wearable application for children with autistic spectrum disorder supporting daily activities. InProceedings of the 13th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, pages 1–9.
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Neto, O. P. d. S., Sousa, V., BATISTA, B., SANTANA, G., and JUNIOR, O. (2013). G-tea: Uma ferramenta no auxílio da aprendizagem de crianças com transtorno do espectro autista, baseada na metodologia aba. SBC–Proceedings of SBGames.
Rogers, S. (2014). Intervenção Precoce em Crianças com Autismo. Líder. [primeira edição].
Siedler, M., Cardoso, R., and Tavares, T. (2021). Fonoconnect-auxiliar o tratamento de crianças com distúrbios articulatórios através de jogo digital. In Anais Estendidos do XX Simpósio Brasileiro de Jogos e Entretenimento Digital, pages 955–958, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. SBC.
Zakari, H. M., Poyade, M., and Simmons, D. (2017). Sinbad and the magic cure: A serious game for children with asd and auditory hypersensitivity. In International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, pages 54–63. Springer.
Published
2022-10-24
How to Cite
SIEDLER, Marcelo S.; CARDOSO, Rafael C.; KREBS, Jean Max S.; TAVARES, Tatiana A..
ArrasTE-A: developing skills in autistic children through a digital game. In: JEDI(GAMES & EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION) - FULL PAPERS - BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER GAMES AND DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT (SBGAMES), 21. , 2022, Natal/RN.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2022
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p. 1412-1421.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2022.227198.
