2014 STECH: THERAPY: Social Skills Haven (Kitely), helping those on the autism spectrum

Social skills haven, 
helping those on the autism spectrum 
Updated 9/6/2015

"Our purpose is to provide an environment for children and adults with facilities to aid in gaining the social skills needed to enjoy a full, successful life with the neurotypicals.  We welcome everyone, but have an emphasis on helping aspies (asperger syndrome) and those on the autism spectrum." 

• Kitely web page
• Hop in Kitely (paste into Firestorm address bar):
• hop://osgrid.kitely.com:8002/Friendship Skills/128/128/27
• Closed to hypergrid

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Starting point

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• Friendship skills are Magic 

Empathy

• The strengths of autism shine in 3D
• Two Case Studies
• Employing virtual reality for aiding the organisation of autistic children behaviour in everyday tasks

Videos illustrating a friendly incident

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Reading social cues

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Social skills training

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Talking too much

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Making friends in middle school

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Resolving disagreements

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Teleports around the place

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Up in the air

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The space station

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Events 

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Newcomer Help in Virtual Worlds. 

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• New Citizens Inc
• Table of Contents (Virtual Outworlding)
• Multilingual help: Welcome ports and Google Translate

Education

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• How the Second Life basics series can help teachers
• SLeducate: Learn and teach in Second Life

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Video-Machinima in virtual worlds

• New Media Arts, Inc
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• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
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