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When the designer becomes the user: designing a system for therapists by becoming a therapist

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When the designer becomes the user: designing a system for therapists by becoming a therapist
In this paper, we present the design process for developing a technology to support therapists for children with autism. To learn about the domain for which we were designing, one researcher became trained as a therapist and worked as one part time for over 10 months. This case study outlines the process by which the researcher was trained, the ways in which it was helpful in the design and evaluation of a technology system, and the aspects of the experience that we feel led to a better and more successful design. Keywords Participant observation, Design, Autism, Health ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation
Julie A. Kientz, Gregory D. Abowd
Added 12 Oct 2010
Updated 12 Oct 2010
Type Conference
Year 2008
Where CHI
Authors Julie A. Kientz, Gregory D. Abowd
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