title: Mapping Robots to Therapy and Educational Objectives for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
abstract: The aim of this study was to increase knowledge on therapy and educational objectives professionals work on with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to identify corresponding state of the art robots. Focus group sessions (n = 9) with ASD professionals (n = 53) from nine organisations were carried out to create an objectives overview, followed by a systematic literature study to identify state of the art robots matching these objectives. Professionals identified many ASD objectives (n = 74) in 9 different domains. State of the art robots addressed 24 of these objectives in 8 domains. Robots can potentially be applied to a large scope of objectives for children with ASD. This objectives overview functions as a base to guide development of robot interventions for these children.
authors.affiliation: Research Centre Technology in Care, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Henri Dunantstraat 2, 6419 PB, Heerlen, The Netherlands. claire.huijnen@zuyd.nl.|Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. claire.huijnen@zuyd.nl.
authors.forename: Claire A G J
authors.initials: CAGJ
authors.lastname: Huijnen
authors.affiliation: Research Centre Technology in Care, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Henri Dunantstraat 2, 6419 PB, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Monique A S
authors.initials: MAS
authors.lastname: Lexis
authors.affiliation: Research Centre Technology in Care, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Henri Dunantstraat 2, 6419 PB, Heerlen, The Netherlands.|Occupational Therapy Department, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rianne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jansens
authors.affiliation: Research Centre Technology in Care, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Henri Dunantstraat 2, 6419 PB, Heerlen, The Netherlands.|Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Luc P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: de Witte
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018961:Educational Technology / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010989:Play Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Children; Robots; Therapy and education objectives