Introducing ZORA to Children with Severe Physical Disabilities

Introducing ZORA to Children with Severe Physical Disabilities

The aim of the present study was to explore the potential of a ZORA-robot based intervention in rehabilitation and special education for children with (severe) physical disabilities from the professionals perspective. The qualitative results of this study will be presented. Professionals indicated m...

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Published in:Studies in health technology and informatics Vol. 242; p. 510
Main Authors: van den Heuvel, Renée, Lexis, Monique, de Witte, Luc
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands 2017
Subjects:
Child
Communication
Disabled Children
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Learning
Robotics
robots and robotics
children
qualitative evaluation
physical disabilities
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Summary:The aim of the present study was to explore the potential of a ZORA-robot based intervention in rehabilitation and special education for children with (severe) physical disabilities from the professionals perspective. The qualitative results of this study will be presented. Professionals indicated meaningful application possibilities for ZORA. Overall, ZORA was able to improve motivation, concentration, taking initiative and attention span. Three domains could be identified to be most promising for application of ZORA: (re)learning of movement skills, cognitive skills and communication/social interaction skills.
ISSN:0926-9630
DOI:10.3233/978-1-61499-798-6-510