Virtual Reality and Web Tools for Children with FAS/FAE

本项目的长期目标是设计、构建和评估一个虚拟现实教学消防安全序列对胎儿酒精综合征儿童和胎儿酒精影响的效果。具体目标是：1)分析公司为自闭症儿童开发的虚拟现实消防安全教学学习程序如何进行修改，以满足FAS和FAE儿童的不同学习需求；2)利用虚拟现实技术设计并编写一个家庭和学校使用的一级消防安全程序；3)通过应用行为分析和单受试者设计，论证教学软件的有效性。如果虚拟世界能够满足他们的特殊需求，虚拟现实提供的学习环境可能会改善精神、发育和注意力障碍患者的技能培训。实现这些目标的研究设计和方法是：1)选择被诊断为FAS或FAE的儿童；2)设计和编程一个基于PC的虚拟现实关键环境，以教授对家庭火灾的正确反应，并吸引患有这些疾病的儿童；3)采用n个多受试者基线设计进行试验以评估结果。建议的商业应用：虚拟现实学习环境将对儿童、家长、教师和治疗FAS和FAE的健康从业人员具有广泛的市场吸引力。目前的一个公司网站为自闭症儿童提供了类似的产品，为这种新产品提供了一个成本有效的就地交付和支持系统。

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.