Robots as Co-Therapists in Behavior Therapy for Individuals with ASD

• By: Joshua John Diehl, PhD Charles R. Crowell, PhD Michael Villano, PhD Kristin Wier, MA, LLP, BCBA Karen Tang, MA University of Notre Dame
• July 1st, 2013
• applied behavior analysis, Behavioral Intervention, communication, human-robot interaction, research, response variability, robot-assisted therapy, social skills training, technology, treatment outcomes
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Recent technological advances have opened the possibility of using robots in therapy for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This approach has received a lot of press, but to date most research has focused on developing the robots rather than clinical issues related to the use of...