Psychological perspectives on robotic assisted pivotal response treatment in autism
Gema Benedicto-Rodríguez, Pedro Bellon-Berna, José Manuel Ferrández · 2025
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Description
Gema Benedicto-Rodríguez and two co-authors examine in 2025 a therapy robot's effect on children with autism and their families. The treatment approach, pivotal response treatment, was delivered with help from Pepper, a humanoid social robot. The study asks whether the robot changes children's emotional regulation and how faithfully caregivers stick with the program.
Children's emotional responses improved with the robot in the room, the authors report. Caregiver adherence varied in ways the robot's presence seemed to shape. The findings cast social robots as more than teaching props: they can pull families into therapy and support tailoring the work to each child.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gema Benedicto-Rodríguez, Pedro Bellon-Berna, José Manuel Ferrández |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |