Videojuego educativo para la enseñanza de la percepción espacial en niños con Síndrome de Asperger.

Abstract

Video games have been developed in diverse fields, far beyond entertainment, serving as tools that allow the user to perform tasks which improve their performance or facilitate certain learning skills in a playful manner. This research project therefore seeks to create a video game called ‘Hanan,’ which focuses on improving spatial reception skills (memory and spatial perception, location in the environment, direction and position of objects) to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (hereinafter ASD). The information and learning models of the application are based on research and theories previously made by experts; and the designs, environments and interfaces of the video game, are structured according to schemes stipulated by video game developers. With the appropriate use of information technologies and mobile devices that contribute positively to special education, Hanan's design is primarily intended to help children with Asperger’s as well as their tutors and parents in their daily education. The importance of this project lies in the need to locally produce and develop more applications that, from practical and simple exercises, contribute therapeutically to improve persistent deficiencies in the development of spatial skills, education and control of performance improvements of children with Asperger’s.