Publications
2012
Invited Talks
Massimo Zancanaro Constructive misunderstandings: a computer scientist’s report on the design of collaborative technologies for children on the autism spectrum Invited talk at ICare4Autism, Jerusalem, August 1 2012
Sue Cobb Involving users in design of interactive technology Invited keynote presentation at 6th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology(CWUAAT), University of Cambridge, UK, 27th-29th March 2012.
Conference papers
Parsons, S. Bauminger, N., Cobb, S., Gal, E., Glover, T., Weiss, P.L. Zancanaro, M., Eden, S., Garib-Penna, S., Hawkins, T., Millen, L., & Rietdijk, W. (2012) Collaborative Technologies for supporting social conversation and collaboration in the classroom: overview and findings of the COSPATIAL project. Presentation at the 1st International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Autism Spectrum Disorders. ASD: Tools, Trends and Testimonials in Valencia, Spain, 6th-8th July 2012.
Abstracts and posters
Eynat Gal, Sigal Eden, Massimo Zancanaro, Patrice. L. (Tamar) Weiss. Collaborative Collocated Technologies to Promote Social Communication in Children with HFASD. Presented at IMFAR 2012 – Annual Meeting of International Society for Autism Research. Toronoto. May, 2012
2011
Invited Talks
Parsons, S. & Guldberg, K. ’10,000 lines of code vs. supporting children’s learning’: Designing and evaluating innovative technologies for children with autism in real-world classrooms. Invited presentation for the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, November 10th 2011, Southampton.
Parsons, S. Communication and Social Participation: Collaborative Technologies for Interaction And Learning – the COSPATIAL project. Invited presentation to the ICT coordinators for the National Autistic Society schools – November 23rd 2011
Massimo Zancanaro Constructive misunderstandings: a computer scientist’s report on the design of collaborative technologies for children on the autism spectrum Invited keynote at VRIC 2011 Laval, France April 2011
Parsons, S. Communication and Social Participation: Collaborative Technologies for Interaction And Learning – the COSPATIAL project. Invited presentation at the 1st International Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder: from clinical practice to educational provision, Jan 12th-13th 2012, University of Galway, Ireland.
Journals papers
Millen, L., Cobb, S.V.G. & Patel, H (2011). Participatory design approach with children with autism, To appear in the special issue of the International Journal on Disability and Human Development (IJDHD).
Parsons, S., Millen, L., Garib-Penna, S. and Cobb, S. (2011). Participatory design in the development of innovative technologies for children and young people on the autism spectrum: the COSPATIAL project. Journal of Assistive Technologies (JAT), Vol. 5, Issue 1, March, 29-34.
Parsons, S. and Cobb, S. (2011). State-of-the art of Virtual Reality technologies for children on the autism spectrum. European Journal of Special Needs Education (EJSNE). 26, (3), 355-366. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2011.593831)
Gal, E., Weiss, P.L. Using innovative technologies as therapeutic and educational tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20: E35-55, 2011.
Conference papers
Weiss, P.L., Cobb, S., Gal, E., Millen, L., Hawkins, T., Glover, T., Sanassy, D., S. Eden, Giusti, L., and Zancanaro, M. Usability of Technology Supported Social Competence Training for Children on the Autism Spectrum. International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2011.
Zancanaro M., Giusti L., Gal E., Weiss P.L. Three Around a Table: the Facilitator Role in a Co-Located Interface for Social Competence Training of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Proceedings of 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT2011, Lisbon Portugal, September 5-9 2011
Giusti L. Zancanaro M., Gal E. Weiss P.L. Dimensions of Collaboration on a Tabletop Interface for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI2011. Vancouver, BC May 2011.
Weiss, P.L., Gal, E., S. Eden, Giusti, L., and Zancanaro, M. Usability of a Multi-Touch Tabletop Surface to Enhance Social Competence Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Annual Conference of the Open University CHAIS Center, Feburary, 2011.
Parsons, S. Applying CBT principles and techniques to interactive technologies for supporting social competence in children on the autism spectrum: the COSPATIAL project. Invited symposium presentation at the BABCP conference, Guildford, Surrey, 21st-23rd July 2011
Conference abstracts and posters
Garib-Penna, S. & Parsons, S. Collaboration and Perspective-Taking in Collaborative Virtual Environments by Young People with Autism Spectrum Conditions: A Pilot Study. Poster presentation and technology demonstration at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) San Diego, USA, 12th-15th May 2011
2010
Invited Talks
Sarah Parsons Virtual Reality Technologies for social skills and learning for children and young people on the autism spectrum. Institute of Education, London, February 11th, 2010 & University of Exeter, December 7th 2010.
Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss Application of colocated technologies for rehabilitation - Advisory Board of the University of Southern California Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Committee, August, 2010
Conference papers
Millen, L., Cobb, S.V.G. & Patel, H (2010). Participatory design with children with autism: the development of collaborative virtual environments, Proc. 8th Intl Conf. on Disability, Virtual Reality and Assoc. Technologies, P M Sharkey, J Sanchez (Eds), pp. 93-102, Viña del Mar/Valparaíso, Chile, 31 Aug. – 2 Sept. 2010.
Zancanaro M., Weiss P.L, Gal E., Bauminger N., Parsons S., Cobb S. Teaching Social Competence: In Search of Design Patterns. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Interaction Design for Children - IDC2010, Barcellona (Spain), June 2010.
Cobb S., Parsons S., Millen L., Eastgate R., Glover T. Design and development of collaborative technology for children with autism: COSPATIAL. To appear in the proceedings of INTED2010 (International Technology, Education and Development Conference) Valencia (Spain) 8th- 10th March, 2010.
Millen, L., Edlin-White, R. & Cobb, S.V.C. The Development of Educational Collaborative Virtual Environments for Children with Autism. To appear in the proceedings of the 5th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology, Cambridge 2010
Parsons, S., Bauminger, N., Cobb, S., Gal, E., Glover, T., Weiss, P.L., Zancanaro, M., Millen, L., & Garib-Penna, S. (2010) Communication and Social Participation: Collaborative Technologies for Interaction And Learning - the COSPATIAL project. 9th International Congress Autism-Europe, Catania, Sicily, 8th-10th October 2010
Conference abstracts and posters
Cobb S.V.C., Parsons S., Weiss P.L., Bauminger N., Zancanaro M., Millen L., Garib-Penna S., Gal E., Eden S., Giusti L. & Glover T. An integrative approach for designing collaborative technologies for social competence training in children with autism spectrum conditions. Poster presented at 8th ICDVRAT International Conference Series on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. Viña del Mar / Valparaíso, Chile. August, 2010.
2009
Conference papers
Battocchi A., Pianesi F., Zancanaro M., Tomasini D., Esposito G., Venuti V., Ben-Sasson A., Gal E., Weiss P. L. Collaborative Puzzle Game: a Tabletop Interactive Game for Fostering Collaboration in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In Proceedings of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces ITIS 2009. Banff November 2009.
Conference abstracts and posters
Zancanaro, M.; Battocchi, A.; Bauminger, N.; Gal, E.; Ben-Sasson, A.; Pianesi, F.; Tomasini, D.; Weiss, P.L.. Demonstration of a Collaborative Interface to Promote Positive Social Interaction Skills by High and Low Functioning Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Chicago, Illinois,May 7-9, 2009.
Battocchi, A.; Esposito, G.; Ben-Sasson, A.; Gal, E.; Pianesi, F.; Venuti, P.; Weiss, P.L.. The Collaborative Puzzle Game: An Interactive Activity for Fostering Collaboration in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Chicago, Illinois,May 7-9, 2009.