Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
4-2020
Abstract
The design of wearable applications supporting children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) requires a deep understanding not only of what is possible from a clinical standpoint but also how the children might understand and orient towards wearable technologies, such as a smartwatch. Through a series of participatory design workshops with children with ADHD and their caregivers, we identified tensions and challenges in designing wearable applications supporting the self-regulation of children with ADHD. In this paper, we describe the specific challenges of smartwatches for this population, the balance between self-regulation and co-regulation, and tensions when receiving notifications on a smartwatch in various contexts. These results indicate key considerations—from both the child and caregiver viewpoints—for designing technological interventions supporting children with ADHD.
Recommended Citation
Cibrian, F. L., Lakes K, Schuck S, Tavakoulnia A, Guzman K, Hayes G. (2020). Supporting Self-Regulation of Children with ADHD Using Wearables: Tensions and Design Challenges. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13). https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376837
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The authors
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Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication and presented at the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376837