• Developing Social Skills and Social Competence in Children with Autism 

      Øzerk, Kamil; Øzerk, Gül; Silveira-Zaldivar, Tracey (International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education;Volume 13, Issue 3(2021) Special Issue: Social Skills Development and Strategies for Success, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-09)
      Social development is one of the most critical developmental areas for human beings. Deficits in social skills may negatively impact several essential domains including academic achievement, interpersonal relationships, ...
    • The emerging promise of touchscreen devices for individuals with intellectual disabilities 

      Kversøy, Kjartan Skogly; Kellems, Ryan O.; Alhassan, Abdul-Razak Kuyini; Bussey, Heidi C.; Kversøy, Sofie Daae (Multimodal Technologies and Interaction;volume 4, issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Abstract This article explores the emerging promise touchscreen devices hold for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Many individuals with ID that struggle to read, write or use voice assisted strategies can ...
    • Exploring the Use of Virtual Characters (Avatars), Live Animation, and Augmented Reality to Teach Social Skills to Individuals with Autism 

      Kellems, Ryan; Charlton, Cade; Kversøy, Kjartan Skogly; Miklós, Gyori (Multimodal Technologies and Interaction;Volume 4, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08-11)
      Individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities struggle to acquire and appropriately use social skills to improve the quality of their lives. These critical skills can be difficult to teach because they are ...