TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vukićević, Sanja
AU  - Đorđević, Mirjana
AU  - Glumbić, Nenad
AU  - Bogdanović, Zorica
AU  - Đurić-Jovičić, Milica
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1210
AB  - Motor disorders often accompany autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although they are not included in its diagnostic criteria. Slower motor development is evident in early childhood in this population, making early motor skills intervention advisable. As educational games and modern technology can represent new forms of treatment, this study evaluated four Kinect-based visuo-motor games called Fruits that were specially designed for this research. We sought to test whether children with ASD would show behavior changes during their game play and whether any effects would generalize to another game called Rackets. The study included 10 elementary school children with ASD, aged 9-13 years, who were divided into (a) an experimental group (n = 5) who, in addition to standard treatment, played Fruits once a week for a 5-week period and Rackets both before and after the 5-week period and (b) a control group (n = 5) who received only standard treatment during this period and also played Rackets before and after it. We found significant improvements in gross motor skills and successful generalization of acquired skills among children in the experimental group relative to the control group. The experimental group also showed an increase in positive emotions and a decrease in loss of attention while playing the games. These preliminary findings indicate a motor skill benefit for children with ASD who play Kinect-based educational games, but further research is needed to replicate and expand these findings with larger participant samples.
PB  - Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
T2  - Perceptual and Motor Skills
T1  - A Demonstration Project for the Utility of Kinect-Based Educational Games to Benefit Motor Skills of Children with ASD
EP  - 1144
IS  - 6
SP  - 1117
VL  - 126
DO  - 10.1177/0031512519867521
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vukićević, Sanja and Đorđević, Mirjana and Glumbić, Nenad and Bogdanović, Zorica and Đurić-Jovičić, Milica",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Motor disorders often accompany autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although they are not included in its diagnostic criteria. Slower motor development is evident in early childhood in this population, making early motor skills intervention advisable. As educational games and modern technology can represent new forms of treatment, this study evaluated four Kinect-based visuo-motor games called Fruits that were specially designed for this research. We sought to test whether children with ASD would show behavior changes during their game play and whether any effects would generalize to another game called Rackets. The study included 10 elementary school children with ASD, aged 9-13 years, who were divided into (a) an experimental group (n = 5) who, in addition to standard treatment, played Fruits once a week for a 5-week period and Rackets both before and after the 5-week period and (b) a control group (n = 5) who received only standard treatment during this period and also played Rackets before and after it. We found significant improvements in gross motor skills and successful generalization of acquired skills among children in the experimental group relative to the control group. The experimental group also showed an increase in positive emotions and a decrease in loss of attention while playing the games. These preliminary findings indicate a motor skill benefit for children with ASD who play Kinect-based educational games, but further research is needed to replicate and expand these findings with larger participant samples.",
publisher = "Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks",
journal = "Perceptual and Motor Skills",
title = "A Demonstration Project for the Utility of Kinect-Based Educational Games to Benefit Motor Skills of Children with ASD",
pages = "1144-1117",
number = "6",
volume = "126",
doi = "10.1177/0031512519867521"
}

Vukićević, S., Đorđević, M., Glumbić, N., Bogdanović, Z.,& Đurić-Jovičić, M.. (2019). A Demonstration Project for the Utility of Kinect-Based Educational Games to Benefit Motor Skills of Children with ASD. in Perceptual and Motor Skills
Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks., 126(6), 1117-1144.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0031512519867521

Vukićević S, Đorđević M, Glumbić N, Bogdanović Z, Đurić-Jovičić M. A Demonstration Project for the Utility of Kinect-Based Educational Games to Benefit Motor Skills of Children with ASD. in Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2019;126(6):1117-1144.
doi:10.1177/0031512519867521 .

Vukićević, Sanja, Đorđević, Mirjana, Glumbić, Nenad, Bogdanović, Zorica, Đurić-Jovičić, Milica, "A Demonstration Project for the Utility of Kinect-Based Educational Games to Benefit Motor Skills of Children with ASD" in Perceptual and Motor Skills, 126, no. 6 (2019):1117-1144,
https://doi.org/10.1177/0031512519867521 . .