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Course: EECS 395, Comm.Studies 395, EECS 495, and Comm. Studies 525
Term: Spring 2008Credit: 3
When: Wed 2:00 - 4:50 PM
Where: Searle 2-115
Professor Justine Cassell
justine@northwestern.edu
 

Class Reading: Theory Reading: Practice Assignments
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS A DRAFT SYLLABUS - TOPICS & READINGS WILL BE ADJUSTED AS WE GO. THIS MEANS IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE FREQUENTLY!

[1] April 2
Overview

First day of class

[2] April 9

What is ASD, and what is ITA?

What is the "triad of impairments"

Grandin, T. 2000 "My mind is a web browser: how people with autism think"

Tidmarsh, L., & Volkmar, F. R. (2003). Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

AWARE: Overview of triad of impairments

Wing, L., & Gould, J. (1979). "Severe impairments of social interaction and associated abnormalities in children: Epidemiology and classification"


Optional: Grandin, T. (1995) Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from my Life with Autism

Goodwin, M.(in press) "Enhancing and Accelerating the Pace of Autism Research and Treatment: The Promise of Developing Innovative Technology"

Kimball & Smith (2007) "Crossing the Bridge: From Best Practices to Software Packages"

Michel, P. (2004) "The Use of Technology in the Study, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Autism"

Take a look at

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[3] April 16

Social Interaction

Ochs, E., Kremer-Sadlik, T., Sirota, K. & Solomon, O.(2004) " Autism and the social world: An anthropological perspective ." In Discourse Studies, Special Issue on Discourse and Autism.

Pioggia, G., Igliozzi, R., Ferro, M., Ahluwalia, A., Muratori, F., & De Rossi, D. (2005) "An Android for Enhancing Social Skills and Emotion Recognition in People With Autism"

Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2006). Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism to recognize complex emotions using interactive multimedia .

Kaliouby, Teeters, & Picard (2006) "An exploratory social emotional prosthetic for ASD"

Cobb, S., Beardon, L., Eastgate, R., Glover, T., Kerr, S., Neale, H., et al. (2002). "Applied virtual environments to support learning of social interactionskills in users with Asperger's Syndrome"

Lee, C. H. J., Kim, K., Breazeal, C., & Picard, R. W. (2008). "Shybot : Friend-Stranger Interaction for Children Living with Autism"

Take a look at

(try to fill these out before class, and bring your answers... and your comments!)

 

 

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Thursday April 17th : Special Event

Roz Picard (MIT Media Lab) speaks on " Emotional Intelligence Technology and Autism" on April 17th, at 4pm in Frances Searle Room #1-483 .

[4] April 23

Language and Communication


Baron-Cohen, Simon, 1995. "Autism and Mindblindness" in Mindblindness: an essay on autism and theory of mind. (James)

Capps, L., Kehres, J., & Sigman, M. (1998). "Conversational Abilities Among Children with Autism and Children with Developmental Delays" (Ken)

Tager-Flusberg, H., & Anderson , M. (1991). "The development of contingent discourse ability in autistic children". (Eric)


Optional: Barron, S. (2005) "A Different Perspective on Social Awareness" in Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships.

Bosseler A and Massaro DW . (2003) "Development and evaluation of a computer-animated tutor for vocabulary and language learning in children with autism". (Ken)


Tartaro, A. & Cassell, J. (2008). "Playing with Virtual Peers: Bootstrapping Contingent Discourse in Children with Autism"

Read new Wired Magazine article about autism

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[5] April 30

Flexibility & Imagination

Losh, M., & Capps, L. (2003) "Narrative Ability in High-Functioning Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome" (Laura)

Solomon, O. (2004). "Narrative Introductions: Discourse Competence of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders". (Michelle)

Page, T. (2007) "Parallel Play" in The New Yorker


Prince-Hughes, D. (2005) "My Life" (Chapter One) in Expecting Teryk.


Bauminger, N., Kupersmitt, J., Weiss, P. L. T., Gal, E., Pianesi, F., Yifat, R., et al. (2007, June 2007). "Enhancing social communication in high-functioning children with Autism through a Co-located interface" (Eric)

Olga Solomon visits (UCLA)

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[6] May 7

Preliminary Presentation of Projects


Dan Gillette visits (CAN ITA & Berkeley)

Turn in project proposal by Tuesday May 6th at 12pm

Turn in slides for your project presentation by Weds May 7th at 12pm

[7] May 14

Caregivers' Issues

Iverson, P. (2006) Strange Son (Alicia)

Rosenbloom, S.& Balsamo, T. (2003) Souls: Beneath and Beyond Autism

Kientz, J. A., Hayes, G. R., Abowd, G. D., & Grinter, R. E. (2006). From the war room to the living room: decision support for home-based therapy teams (John)

Kientz, J. A., Hayes, G. R., Westeyn, T. L., Starner, T., & Abowd, G. D. (2007). Pervasive Computing and Autism: Assisting Caregivers of Children with Special Needs (Alicia)

Sharon Rosenbloom visits

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[8] May 21

Diagnosis & Assessment

Lord, C., & Corsello, C. (2005). " Diagnostic Instruments in Autistic Spectrum Disorders".

Prince-Hughes, D. (2004) "Ancestral Hymns" (Chapter 8) in Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism (Jackie).

Grinker, R. (2007) "Bringing Autism into Focus" and "One in Three Hundred" (introduction and chapter one) in Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism. (Rajaie)

Filipek, P. et al. (1999). "The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders" (Justan)

Arie, M. & Cassell, J. (2007) "With a Little Help from your Friends: Social Skills Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder" (James)

Mikami, A. et al. "Social Skills Differences among Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Types in a Chat Room Assessment Task." (Jackie)

Miri Arie visits

 

 

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[10] May 28

Neurological and autonomic system

Hirstein, W., Iversen, P., & Ramachandran, V.S. (2001) Autonomic Responses of Autistic Children to People and Objects (Matt)

Rapin, I. Autism in search of a home in the brain. (Justan)

Goodwin, M., Groden, J. Velicer, W., Bardon, M.G., Hofmann, S.G., Groden, G. (2006) Cardiovascular arousal in Individuals with Autism" (Michelle)

Gayda, J., Tartaro, A., Li, Z., Cassell, J., Chiao, J.Y.(2008) [ Abstract ] [ Poster ] Neural Basis of Social Perception of a Human Versus Virtual Human. (Matt)

Picard, R. W. and J. Scheirer. "The Galvactivator: A Glove that Senses and Communicates Skin Conductivity." (Rajaie)

Matthew Goodwin visits (Groden Center & MIT)

 

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[11] June 4

Class Presentations

Public presentations of your final projects Turn in slides for your final presentation
Exam week: Monday June 9th Individual final report about your project due by email to Justine Turn in 2-4 page report for your final project