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This paper studies the first computing education summer camp of its kind in Sweden. Semi-structured interviews were performed with six of the camp's instructors focusing on their teaching experiences in relation to the instructional content and the children. The instructors struggled with meeting the wide range in children's programming experience, suggesting a lack of pedagogical knowledge. The results...
It is sometimes a challenge to access to specific skills assessments and training programs for children with special needs. In the case of visual perception, and more specifically eye-motor coordination, methods like the Frostig one are not adapted to all children. In this paper, we present a two steps co-design process with therapists and children in order to come up with an alternative solution...
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is considered as one of the developmental disorders caused by dysfunctions of the brain. It can be difficult for patient with ASD to communicate using words and gestures, and process the multiple stimuli. It is important to detect a person with ASD while young because there is a possibility that the symptoms can be improved significantly by appropriate treatment and...
Foods consumed by children without parental supervision are not always healthy, which can cause to disease especially digestive diseases. Children should have knowledge about what is happening in their digestive and reaction after consuming food, so that they can avoid consuming bad food for their health. The medium used to convey it through games and activities is a mobile application app called...
The Portuguese Sign Language (PSL) is the sign language used in Portugal by the depth community. This language has a lexicon, plus syntactic and semantic rules such as any oral language. This work's motivation was based primarily on two aspects: the PSL qualified interpreters are scarce, and the most common digital method to present sign language, namely the video with humans, it is a difficult medium...
The average child in the developed world now spends more than 2 hours per day playing video games. The present study asks: (i) whether children who play video games exhibit enhancement of performance across a broad range of executive functions; (ii) whether there are gender differences; (iii) if there is a relationship between the amount of time a child reports playing video games and their performance...
The influence of computer science in society is very common today, particularly in education. This article describes a report of an experience in the area of disability, and how it integrated university, organizations and government. The personal experience of the author with your SEN (Special Educational Needs) daughter allowed to create the project AINIDIU (Intelligent Agent for Children with Visual...
Alice in wonderland syndrome is associated with migraine, epilepsy, infectious mononucleosis, Epstein-Barre viral infection and psychological disorders. It has rarely been reported in children. We report one case of pediatric migraine with onset as AIWS. A 13 years-old boy who experienced paroxysmal visual illusions for 6 years and headaches for 1 year. The child was previously misdiagnosed as pediatric...
Autism is a complex neuro-developmental disorder characterized by qualitative alterations in social interactions and interpersonal communication and by repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. The therapy is based on a free play between an autistic child, a mobile robot and a therapist. The robot is used as a mediator between the child and the therapist to improve human to human interactions. The aim...
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