M. D. Kerasidou

Effectiveness of a robot-assisted psychological intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Abstract Difficulties with social interaction characterise children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and have a negative impact in their everyday life. Integrating a social-humanoid robot within the standard clinical treatment has been proven promising. The main aim of this randomised controlled study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a robot-assisted psychosocial intervention and the secondary aim was to investigate potential differences between a robot-assisted intervention group and a control group receiving intervention by humans only. The analysis of the results showed…

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Robot-assisted relaxation training for children with autism spectrum disorders – WASET, International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, Vol:15, No:8, 2021

V. Holeva, V. A. Nikopoulou, P. Kechayas, M. D. Kerasidou, M. Papadopoulou, G. A. Papakostas, V. G. Kaburlasos, A. Evangeliou, “Robot-assisted relaxation training for children with autism spectrum disorders”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET) International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 711-714, August 2021. https://publications.waset.org/vol/176 (Open Access)

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The effects of a robot-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder on affect recognition and theory of mind – INSAR 2021, Boston, MA, USA

V. Holeva, P. Kechayas, V.A. Nikopoulou, M. Kerasidou, M. Papadopoulou, C. Bazinas, C. Lytridis, V.G. Kaburlasos, A. Evangeliou, “The effects of a robot-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder on affect recognition and theory of mind”, Proceedings of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2021 Annual Meeting, May 5-8, Boston, MA, USA, poster ID – 37057.

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Robot-assisted Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) interventions: a multi-robot approach – SoftCOM 2020, Hvar, Croatia

Lytridis, C., Papadopoulou, C.I., Papakostas, G.A., Kaburlasos, V.G., Nikopoulou, V.A., Kerasidou, M.D., Dalivigkas, N.: Robot-Assisted Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Interventions: A Multi-Robot Approach. In: 2020 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM). pp. 1–4 (2020). https://doi.org/10.23919/SoftCOM50211.2020.9238273.

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Identifying linguistic cues; towards developing robots with empathy in autism interventions – Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan 2020, vol. 2, no. 56

V.-A. Nikopoulou, V. Holeva, M. D. Kerasidou, P. Kechayas, M. Papadopoulou, E. Vrochidou, G. A. Papakostas, V. G. Kaburlasos, “Identifying linguistic cues; towards developing robots with empathy in autism interventions”, Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan, vol. 2, no. 56, pp. 27-33, 2020. DOI: 10.23950/1812-2892-JCMK-00753

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