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What online technologies can be used to engage and stimulate children and young people? Educational Psychologist @AEPHoughton answers this question in this webinar hosted by @edpsyuk youtu.be/8k8ssnqGpos
I hope all this has been useful! Massive thanks to everyone involved with BETA + the editors of the ASDTech mailing list.
@Bath_CAAR
@LimsiLab
@VanessaZeri
@ISIR_labo
@Patripf3
@IRTIC_UV
@FundacionAdopta
@gerardoautismo
@sidrahliaqat
+ Matthew Goodwin & Briella Baer Chen
and finally, if you want to contribute to the network you can submit your own content for the blog here:
beta-project.org/en/contribu…
and also sign up to join our monthly mailing list at the bottom of the same page.
The blog is incredibly useful.
There's over 200 posts on there, each reporting on a different piece of tech, event, research finding or guideline about autism & tech.
You can search the blogs using keyword filters to find what interests you:
beta-project.org/en/blog/
What was our solution?
First, we took a sample of scientific papers on digital products for autistic users and evaluated them from two aspects:
1. The rigour of the scientific underpinning
2. The level of knowledge about the end-users of the product.
Third, the tech world moves incredibly fast.
In the seven years it took me to apply for funding, create an app, evaluate it in a small randomised controlled trial, and publish the findings, Apple brought out three new iPads and four new iPhones. dart.ed.ac.uk/research/click…
Lots of people realised that digital technologies - websites, smartphone apps, video games - could be useful and beneficial for autistic people.
But the sheer volume of stuff out there was virtually impossible to navigate. It felt like a maze.
We wanted to help.
I hope all this has been useful! Massive thanks to everyone involved with BETA + the editors of the ASDTech mailing list.
@Bath_CAAR @LimsiLab @VanessaZeri @ISIR_labo @Patripf3 @IRTIC_UV @FundacionAdopta @gerardoautismo @sidrahliaqat + Matthew Goodwin & Briella Baer Chen
and finally, if you want to contribute to the network you can submit your own content for the blog here:
beta-project.org/en/contribu…
and also sign up to join our monthly mailing list at the bottom of the same page.
The blog is incredibly useful.
There's over 200 posts on there, each reporting on a different piece of tech, event, research finding or guideline about autism & tech.
You can search the blogs using keyword filters to find what interests you:
beta-project.org/en/blog/
All this info was used to build a tool for users to evalulate technologies they have tried against our criteria.
You can find the tool (in French, English and Spanish) here:
beta-project.org/en/rating-t…
and here's a list of techs that have been rated:
beta-project.org/en/rated-ap…
ALT BETA logo with a lightbulb and the letter B, plus three stars above. Text reads: BETA Building Evidence for Technology and Autism. The entire logo is in gold
Using the info derived above, we formaulated a survey study in which relevant experts from the autism community (autistic people, parents of autistic children, practitioners etc.) were asked to help us refine a system for classifying which technologies were "evidence based"
What was our solution?
First, we took a sample of scientific papers on digital products for autistic users and evaluated them from two aspects:
1. The rigour of the scientific underpinning
2. The level of knowledge about the end-users of the product.
Third, the tech world moves incredibly fast.
In the seven years it took me to apply for funding, create an app, evaluate it in a small randomised controlled trial, and publish the findings, Apple brought out three new iPads and four new iPhones.
dart.ed.ac.uk/research/click…
Lots of people realised that digital technologies - websites, smartphone apps, video games - could be useful and beneficial for autistic people.
But the sheer volume of stuff out there was virtually impossible to navigate. It felt like a maze.
We wanted to help.
We've been meaning to tell you all about this project and the outcomes and now seems as good a time as any!
(i.e. my kids have gone back to school and I finally have some time!)
Did you know that we have a new home for our autism & technology network?
BETA brought together community, research, practice & developer perspectives to build tools to help people select technologies.
beta-project.org/
THREAD with tons of useful links & info...
ALT orange and black logo with a lightbulb and the letter B. Text reads: BETA Building Evidence for Technology and Autism
Last stop for #BETAproject 's seminar series: Bath, UK!This Friday the 24th @ 4pm @VanessaZeri will run a hands-on workshop on how to find&assess the best available evidence for #technology for #autistic users.Register now for free! eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-… @SueReviews @Bath_CAAR
