"A Double-Edged Sword": Practitioners’ Perspectives on Social VR for ADHD

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dc.contributor.authorTazike, Mahya
dc.contributor.authorDeldari, Elmira
dc.contributor.authorFriedman, Adina
dc.contributor.authorCafaro, Francesco
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-21T00:29:41Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-22
dc.description27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, October 26-29, 2025, Denver, Colorado
dc.description.abstractSocial Virtual Reality (VR) is emerging as a promising technology for individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, we still need to explore how practitioners perceive and envision its integration into their clinical practice. This study presents findings from semi-structured interviews with six practitioners (clinicians, therapists, and clinical professors) experienced in ADHD and VR interventions. Our findings reveal practitioners see significant therapeutic potential in social VR for supporting cognitive skills, impulse control, and creating emotionally safe environments. However, they also highlight challenges, including difficulties with social communication in VR, ensuring skill transfer to real-life, and managing overstimulation.
dc.description.urihttps://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3663547.3759712
dc.format.extent5 pages
dc.genreconference papers and proceedings
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2newa-9sl3
dc.identifier.citationTazike, Mahya, Elmira Deldari, Adina Friedman, and Francesco Cafaro. “‘A Double-Edged Sword’: Practitioners’ Perspectives on Social VR for ADHD.” Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (New York, NY, USA), ASSETS ’25, Association for Computing Machinery, October 22, 2025, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663547.3759712.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1145/3663547.3759712
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/40780
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACM
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dc.subjectUMBC Interactive Systems Research Center
dc.title"A Double-Edged Sword": Practitioners’ Perspectives on Social VR for ADHD
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