Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) struggle with reading emotional cues, communicating with verbal (eg. repetitive language that seem to be irrelevant to a conversation) and non-verbal languages (eg. making eye contact). This poster presents four ways in which improv classes can effectively help children with ASD learn these communication skills through exercises that involve understanding others’ emotions, engaging in the scene’s context and others’ responses, and encountering failures on stage.
kcha336
I am an IxD student currently finishing up the first semester at Pratt. I am interested in understanding people, and how technology can make people's experience better.
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- Physical Computing Showcase - May 10, 2019
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- Why Improve is for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - May 1, 2019