Using Mobile Phones Screen Mirroring to Improve Social Skills for Children with Autism

Background:  The Android OS for mobile devices has the build-in capability of allowing a user to mirror his or her screen into another person's Android device. This simple but great feature may be used to communicate own thoughts or reflect on others' thoughts or behaviors. A simple mobile application called "Mirror-T" was designed to enable the use of the mirroring feature to improve social skills through engagement and enjoyment in children with autism

Objectives:  to assess benefits of the Mirror-T program as an intervention in improving social skills in highly functional children with autism

Methods:  Eight high-functioning children with autism and 10 typically developing children who were matched on chronological age are being tested using the Mirror-T application and screen mirroring feature to determine the engagement and enjoyment factors during the use of the program.

Results:  Results will be available upon completion of the testing in Feb 2015

Conclusions:  No conclusions available yet.