METHOD OF TEACHING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS OF DIFFERENT DEGREE OF MANIFESTATION USING A MODEL OF A POLYSENSORY VIRTUAL-REAL-LIFE LEARNING SPACE Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC G09B19/04 G09B19/22 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to development and correction of emotional and speech spheres of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) of different degree of severity. Disclosed is a method of teaching children with autism spectrum disorders, including corrective exercises, characterized by that in individual sessions for children with autism spectrum disorders with established diagnosis with degrees of severity: F84.0, F84.1, F84.5, F84.8 taking into account the age, health and developmental level of the child, the pedagogue at the first stage immerses it in virtual space using a hardware-software system to perform tasks on the computer and the panel controls the program, fixes result, being out of limits of visibility of child, which is in front of computer screen, by means of keyboard, mouse, pedals underfoot, joystick and microphone performs tasks on computer, which it receives from virtual character. According to the character's reaction, the child understands whether he or she has coped with the task. At the second stage, the teacher has on the table toys, pictures and items identical to those with which the child worked in a computer program, and by means of the panel launches a task on the computer, which is necessary to perform a child with items on the table. According to the results, he sees the character's reaction on the screen and the teacher next to each other, so that the skill is partially transferred to another situation. At the third stage, the teacher arranges separate items and toys identical to those with which the child worked in the computer program, in the training room, using the panel, instructs him to perform manipulations with these objects in the cabinet space. Pedagogue gives an assessment of the child's actions using a panel which controls the character's reactions on the screen, as well as with the help of the teacher's own reaction. There is further extension of boundaries of transferring skills into a new situation. Next stage of training: a teacher places separate items and toys identical to those with which the child worked in a computer program, in a training room and on a table and using a panel board instructs the child to perform manipulations with these objects on the table and in the cabinet space. Pedagogue gives an assessment of the child's actions using a panel which controls the character's reactions on the screen, as well as with the help of the teacher's own reaction. There is a wider range of transfer of skill into a new situation; last stage is a stage of excluding a computer from a system of tasks: a teacher places separate items and toys identical to those with which the child worked in a computer program, in a training room and on a table and instructs the child to independently manipulate said objects on the table and in the cabinet space. Child's actions are assessed by the teacher who records the result.

EFFECT: invention provides creation of a polysensory virtual-real educational space facilitating the process of teaching children with autism spectrum disorders of different degree of manifestation by gradual transfer of child's abilities to real space and increasing his interest in real life, improving the overall emotional state.

1 cl, 4 ex