Special Issue "Technological Innovation for the Evaluation and Intervention in Children with Functional Diversity"
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Integrative Pediatrics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2021.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ADHD; ASD; virtual reality; augmented reality
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals
Interests: serious games; assistive technologies; mixed reality (AR/VR); robotic and sensor technologies; ambient assisted living; education; special needs; neurodevelopmental disorders; evaluation; intervention; rehabilitation; communication; language; neuroscience; eHealth
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The innovation and development of new technologies applied to the health sciences allow the advancement both in the techniques of evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention of children with functional diversity, responding to the multiple needs that arise in their daily lives, such as participation in school, in leisure and play activities, as well as in personal care and community mobility activities.
In addition, its application allows improving the quality of life, providing greater dignity to each child, facilitating the lives of their caregivers, making the environments safer and more friendly and, therefore, being a source of support.
We would like to invite you to participate in this new Special Issue with the challenge of moving forward and making relevant contributions to provide equal opportunities to all children, regardless of their condition. We hope that this Special Issue will inspire the scientific community and all professionals who work with children with functional diversity.
Prof. Dr. Dulce María Romero-Ayuso
Prof. Dr. Miguel Gea Megías
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- serious games
- virtual reality
- augmented reality
- robotic
- domotic
- sensors
- assessment
- intervention
- neuroscience
- communication
- rehabilitation
- eHealth
- assisted living
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Contributor #1
Name: Elena Pinero-Pinto et al.
Affiliation: University of Sevilla
Tentative Topic/Title: Experiences of families with children with infantile hemiparesis on the use of low-cost technologies
Contributor #2
Name: José Luis Cuesta Gómez et al.
Affiliation: University of Burgos
Tentative Topic/Title: Applications of virtual reality to children with dyslexia
Contributor #3
Name: Xavier Alarman et al.
Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Tentative Topic/Title: Virtual worlds in secondary education for students with special needs
Contributor #4
Name: Andrés García et al.
Affiliation: University of Extremadura
Tentative Topic/Title: A brief version of the EFECO online questionnaire for the assessment of executive functions in childhood
Contributor #5
Name: Gerardo Herrera Gutierrez et al.
Affiliation: University of Valencia
Tentative Topic/Title: Enhancing Joint Attention Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder through an Augmented Reality Technology-Mediated Intervention
Contributor #6
Name: Rosa M. Carro et al.
Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Tentative Topic/Title: Games for Training Myoelectric Prostheses through Multi-contact Devices
Contributor #7
Name: Ali Arian et al.
Affiliation: University of Granada
Tentative Topic/Title: Magic Room: a new proposal for ADHD Children
Contributor #8
Name: María José Rodríguez Fortiz et al.
Affiliation: University of Granada
Tentative Topic/Title: Touchvic: a solution to early stimulation of children with blindness and low vision
Contributor #9
Name: Dulce Romero-Ayuso et al.
Affiliation: University of Granada
Tentative Topic/Title: Effectiveness of virtual reality to improve communication in children with ASD