In this testimonial, Rachel Ricci and her family share their experience of one year of using the in-home, educational autism robot QTrobot, with their son Caden. Through Rachel’s family’s experiences, we dive into how an in-home robot helps parents support their children on the autism spectrum gain new life skills.
Robot assisted intervention and education for autism
Stereotypical behaviours and stimming is very common for people on the autism spectrum. If you are a parent of a child with autism, probably you have seen your child showing some behaviours like hand flapping, rocking, or rubbing their hands. In this blog post, we discuss the most important things you need to know about […]
Parenting a child with autism is often not an easy task. Parents of children with autism need to fight many battles each day to make sure their child is receiving the care they need for their development and growth. A robot for at-home education can support parents in many ways to provide an effective at-home […]
Researchers have found that, like most children, also children with autism love playing with robots. Robots can deliver predictable responses over and over. They repeat things and behave in a consistent way, which are highly important to helping children with autism learn better. These are only a few reasons to why children with autism often […]
“When we first decided to get an educational robot, we were unsure what to expect, but now we are thrilled we decided to get QT. We are able to help our son all year round. Our son has acquired new knowledge and has developed new skills. It was QT who showed him how to wave hi, which we could not get […]
“Rayan is my first child and he has autism. Now he attends a special needs school in France. QTrobot was introduced in the school in one-to-one sessions and Rayan was working with the robot in the past year.” says Rayan’s mom. Rayan really likes QTrobot. He enjoys going to work with it. He feels very […]
A robot to teach social interaction to children with autism?! At the first look, this idea seems counter-intuitive. however, using robots for social skills training in learners with ASD has been very promising so far. There are many years of research showing that children with autism are more comfortable interacting with robots comparing to human […]
In this case study, speech therapists evaluate the impact of QTrobot on improving the effectiveness of speech therapy for students with autism. Based on their observation, using a robot can enhance speech therapy effectiveness by improving the engagement and collaboration of students on the spectrum and by encreasing imitation and motivation to use verbal language. […]
For many years researchers and therapists have tested a variety of technologies to assist them in teaching new skills to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Scientific and empirical studies have shown technology to be useful in autism training and have promoted Technology-aided Instruction and Intervention (TAII) to be one of the 27 accepted evidence-based practices. One of the […]
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have mental health problems that are related to their challenges in recognizing and interpreting emotions or their difficulties in controlling and reacting to emotions. Therefore, teaching emotions to children with autism and implementing interventions to enhance their emotional skills has the potential to improve children’s mental health and quality of life. […]
How QTrobot can positively impact the learning opportunity of children with autism spectrum disorder
Using a robot for teaching new emotional and social skills to children with autism is nothing new. The earliest studies on evaluation of the impact of a robot enhanced intervention for children with autism go back to about 2 decades ago when scientists were searching for new tools to help them to engage children with […]