title: An online community for teachers of children with autism to support, observe, and evaluate communication enabled with smartphones.
abstract: We are developing an online community for teachers of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder that will provide tools to share, analyze, and evaluate assisted communication. The data will be collected from software on smartphones that allows children to communicate with teachers using images. Since this is the first approach towards systematic data collection for children with ASD, we expect a significant impact on current teaching methods.
authors.affiliation: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Leo
authors.forename: Gondy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009862:Online Systems; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014768:Virginia