Proof of concept for a novel IoT system that offers a cost-effective and productivity enhancing learning support system for children with special education needs

这个以参与式设计为基础的概念可行性验证项目将研究、设计和开发一个OliTool原型系统，供小学有特殊需要的儿童进行用户测试。OliTool从一开始就整合了利益相关者的反馈，将成为一个创新的自适应学习物联网系统，包括一个感官有形的用户界面和一个配套的应用程序，适用于有特殊教育障碍的儿童，特别是ASD、ADHD和/或焦虑症的儿童。它旨在满足对具有成本效益的特殊教育支持工具的需求，并具有以下功能：*儿童学会调节感官需求，理解行为和情绪，并实时与成人主管沟通；*监督成年人为评估和评估收集有价值的数据。Ogenblik有限公司是OliTool的开发商，OliTool是一种连接到个性化应用程序的下一代交互式有形用户界面。目前的原型在埃克塞特大学进行了为期六周的试验，成功地在患有焦虑症的成年人身上进行了试验。OliTool利用行为改变实践和认知行为疗法来帮助识别麻烦的行为模式和触发因素，并支持行为改变。埃克塞特的试验证明了概念的正确性，并提供了对用户需求、偏好和采用障碍的重要见解。心理学家、健康专家（包括塔维斯托克和波特曼NHS基金会信托基金的主要临床医生）、教育工作者和家长的反馈表明，为儿童开发OliTool提供了一个强大的商业机会。在西伦敦的一所小学，对一群四年级学生进一步测试了儿童OliTool的概念，取得了积极的结果。Ogenblik的下一个关键步骤，也是这个应用程序的重点，是为SEN儿童重新设计OliTool，特别关注注意力和多动障碍，自闭症和焦虑。目前为特殊教育背景儿童提供的服务主要基于特殊教育背景专家、教师和其他专家的直接干预，主要采用模拟的特殊教育背景资源。机器人技术、虚拟现实和游戏化方法（如Milo、Floreotech和MyCognition）正在被探索，但很少有数字资源提供引人入胜的触觉物理界面。教育技术和电子健康的经验表明，采用技术可以提高成本效率。例如，研究表明，网络CBT与面对面CBT一样有效，同时可减少高达40%的供应成本。基于文本的CBT也被证明是有效和经济的。OliTool是一个非基于屏幕的离散有形用户界面和个性化应用程序，利用基于证据的SEN支持技术，为SEN儿童的评估、干预和评估提供了一种新颖的经济有效的工具。至关重要的是，它为教育工作者提供了创新的方法来改善特殊教育教学。

This proof of concept feasibility project, underpinned by participatory design, will research, design and develop an OliTool prototype system for user-testing with special needs children in primary school.Incorporating stakeholder feedback from the outset, OliTool will be an innovative adaptive learning IoT system comprising a sensory tangible user interface and a companion app for children with SEN challenges, particularly ASD, ADHD and/or anxiety. It aims to meet the need for a cost-effective SEN support tool with features that help:* Children learn to regulate sensory needs, and understand and communicate behaviours and emotions in real-time to adult supervisors;* Supervising adults gather valuable data for assessments and evaluations.Ogenblik Ltd are the developers of OliTool, a next generation interactive tangible user interface connected to a personalised app. The current prototype was trialled successfully on adults with anxiety at Exeter University in a six-week trial. OliTool draws on behaviour change practices and cognitive behavioural therapy to help identify troublesome behaviour patterns and triggers and support behaviour change. The Exeter trial demonstrated proof of concept and offered important insights into user needs and preferences and barriers to adoption. Additional feedback from psychologists, health professionals (including leading clinicians at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust), educators and parents suggested that developing OliTool for children presented a strong business opportunity. The concept of OliTool for children was further tested on a cohort of Year 4 children to positive results at a West London primary school. The vital next step for Ogenblik, and the focus of this application, is to redesign OliTool for SEN children with a particular focus on attention and hyperactivity disorders, autism and anxiety.Current provision for SEN children is largely based on direct interventions by SEN specialists, teachers and other experts employing primarily analogue SEN resources. Robotics, virtual reality and gamification approaches, such as Milo, Floreotech and MyCognition, are being explored, but few digital resources provide an engaging haptically enabled physical interface.Experience with EdTech and eHealth has shown that engaging technology can engender cost efficiencies. For example, research has shown that internet CBT is just as effective as in-person CBT while reducing provision costs by up to 40%. Text-based CBT has also been demonstrated as efficient and cost-effective. OliTool, a non-screen based discrete tangible user interface and personalisable app, leveraging evidence-based SEN support techniques, offers a novel cost-effective tool for assessment, intervention and evaluation for SEN children. Crucially, it provides educators innovative methods to improve SEN provision.