Prompt-fading Strategies in Robot Mediated Play Sessions

Play is the primary way for children to acquire cognitive, social and relational
skills. However, children with disabilities risk to be deprived of their freedom and their
right to play in spite of the efforts made by adults in the familiar, educational and
rehabilitation context. This work investigates the adults’ role in letting children with
Cerebral Palsy acquiring play skills through a playful interaction with a robot. The
originality of this research lies in evaluating the prompt fading technique in a playful
environment given that this strategy has so far, in fact, only been applied to contexts of
rehabilitation and learning.