The Research On An Assessment System For Social Skills Of Children(0–6 Years)with ASD

Problems in social communication and social interaction are the types of symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD),which seriously affects the integration of autism patients into schools and society.A large number of studies have shown that early intervention(before age 6)is of great significance for improving behavior and enhancing abilities of autism patients,however,whether early intervention is effective or not depends on accurate and effective assessments.There are few related assessment tools available in China,and there are many problems exist.Therefore,this study is based on the LabVIEW,designs and develops an assessment system for social skills of children(0–6 Years)with ASD,with guiding training as the main purpose.The main research content is as follows:1.Content design of the assessment systemFirstly,the study revise the autistic children development assessment that published by the China Disabled Persons Federation Rehabilitation Department,simplifies the original assessment method by using questionnaire instead of on-site assessments,through analysis and test,it is proved that the questionnaire has good consistency(r_s=0.848,p<0.01);on this basis,the results analysis method has been adjusted and revised.Secondly,the study designs a social skills map and provide each child with a personalized training program based on the map.Finally,this study designed a training effect monitoring function,it is easy to modify and adjust the training program according to children's different performance during the training process.2.Programming development of the assessment systemThe assessment system can be divided into three major modules:social assessment module,training program development module,training effect monitoring module according to functions.This study will implement the functions of the three modules through programming.This study mainly uses the LabVIEW software as a programming tool to automate a series of assessment processes.On this basis,in the training program development module,using humanoid robot technology to provide a reference training program.The assessment system will eventually be packaged as a complete computer-side application and generate installation files for the Windows operating system that can be installed on any computer with a Windows operating system.3.Practical application of the assessment systemHumanoid robot intervention method is applied to the assessment system.The results show that:(1)After the training,10 children have significantly improved their training results(Z=-2.530,p<0.01);(2)Analysis of a child's monitoring data,the data shows that the change of each monitoring indicator also showed an upward trend;(3)Analysis of a child's“peer interactions”occurrences,the data shows an increase in“peer interactions”.In summary,because the training content comes from the assessment results,the effectiveness of the training results also proves the effectiveness of the assessment.The innovations:1.Simplifiy the original assessment method.Shortening the assessment time and saving assessment resources;2.Accurate positioning of social skills.A“social competence location map”is designed to accurately locate and analyze the social status of the children;3.Program development of assessment system.The use of LabVIEW programming technology for software programming,completed the development of evaluation system software program;4.Case tracking and monitoring.Helps to accurately analyze cases;5.Provide assessment intervention integration plan.The assessment and training are closely combined,facilitate the promotion of the system in schools,institutions,and families in various regions.The research results of this thesis have applied for three national invention patents(application number:201810156670.0;201711166859_X;201711124128.9).