Virtual Reality and Web Tools for Children with FAS/FAE

针对 FAS/FAE 儿童的虚拟现实和网络工具

• 批准号: 6405787
• 负责人: Dorothy Cay Strickland
• 金额: $ 10.46万
• 依托单位: VIRTUAL REALITY AIDS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-30 至 2003-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6405787
• 关键词: Internet; child (0-11); computer human interaction; computer simulation; computer system design /evaluation; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; fetal alcohol syndrome; fire prevention; health behavior; health education; human subject; safety equipment

The broad long-term objectives of this project are to design, build, and evaluate the efficacy of a virtual reality instructional fire safety sequence for children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. Specific aims are: 1) Analyze how virtual reality fire safety instructional learning programs developed by the company for children with autism could be modified to address the different learning needs of children with FAS and FAE; 2) Design and code one level of a fire safety program using virtual reality technology for home and school use; 3) Demonstrate the efficacy of the instructional software through use of applied behavior analysis and single subjects design. The learning environment afforded by virtual reality may improve skills training for individuals with mental, developmental, and attention disorders if virtual worlds can match their specialized needs. The research design and methods for achieving these goals are: 1) Choose children who have been diagnosed with FAS or FAE; 2) Design and program a PC based virtual reality critical environment to teach proper response to a home fire and be engaging to children with these disorders; 3) Conduct trials to evaluate the results using n, multiple baselines across subjects design. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Virtual reality learning environments would have a broad market appeal for children, parents, teachers, and health practitioners for treatment of FAS and FAE. A present company web site provides similar products for children with autism, allowing an in-place cost effective delivery and support system for this new product.

该项目的广泛的长期目标是设计，构建和评估胎儿酒精综合征和胎儿酒精影响儿童的虚拟现实教学消防安全序列的有效性。具体目标是：1）分析如何修改公司为自闭症儿童开发的虚拟现实消防安全教学学习计划，以满足FAS和FAE儿童的不同学习需求; 2）使用虚拟现实技术设计和编码家庭和学校使用的消防安全计划的一个级别;（3）通过应用行为分析和单个被试设计来展示教学软件的有效性。虚拟现实提供的学习环境可能会改善精神，发育和注意力障碍的个人的技能培训，如果虚拟世界可以满足他们的专业需求。实现这些目标的研究设计和方法是：1）选择已被诊断患有FAS或FAE的儿童; 2）设计和编程基于PC的虚拟现实关键环境，以教导对家庭火灾的正确反应，并与患有这些疾病的儿童互动; 3）进行试验，使用n，多个基线跨学科设计评估结果。拟议的商业应用：虚拟现实学习环境将对儿童，家长，教师和健康从业者治疗FAS和FAE具有广泛的市场吸引力。目前的公司网站为自闭症儿童提供类似的产品，为这种新产品提供了一个具有成本效益的交付和支持系统。