@inproceedings{79d1f88ad54443e49aa9e341bfb76a37,
title = "Dot's World: An Emotional Development Support Platform for Children",
abstract = "This project was started to explore ways we can utilize the benefits of human-robot facilitated therapy to support a child's emotional development and identify needs for early intervention. As a result, we designed an app prototype called Dot's World that features a chatbot that leads daily conversations about emotional well-being and facilitates emotional education exercises. We also created a companion app prototype for parents to involve them in their child's emotional growth and identify needs for early intervention. To understand the current perceptions of emotional health and existing solutions for support, we conducted customer discovery interviews with parents and education professionals like teachers, psychologists, and counselors. Multiple factors in the interview process including variations in technology access as well as confidence in traditional methods of emotional development have led us to pivot our original vision. Interviews with professionals in the education system helped us to realize an apparent need for a platform providing socio-emotional tools for educators and improving communication channels within the child's support system. We will be iterating on Dot's World's design and conducting more interviews to better understand and support the need of this new demographic.",
keywords = "Chatbot, Child Development, Education, Emotions, Mobile App Design",
author = "Ryu, {Sarah J.} and Tan, {Jonathan M.} and Wohn, {Donghee Yvette}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Owner/Author.; 2021 ACM Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2021 ; Conference date: 24-06-2021 Through 30-06-2021",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1145/3459990.3465198",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2021",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "568--572",
booktitle = "Proceedings of Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2021",
}