Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
XVI. International Balkan Education and Science Congress, Edirne, Türkiye, 15 - 17 Ekim 2025, ss.166-167, (Özet Bildiri)
The objective of this study is to elucidate the impact of Virtual Reality (VR) applications employed in the instruction of safety skills to individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in national and international literature. There are numerous safety skills that have been developed to address the threats we face in everyday life (e.g., pedestrian safety, home safety) and other dangerous situations (e.g., fire safety, kidnap prevention). In order to prevent injuries and accidents, as well as other adverse outcomes associated with substandard safety skills, a number of recent studies have focused on the teaching of safety skills to children and vulnerable populations. To this end, studies in which safety skills are taught will be examined. The study will encompass articles published in national and international refereed journals between 2000 and 2025. The inclusion criteria for the study are as follows: participants must be diagnosed with I/DD and ASD; articles must be published in peer-reviewed journals; applications must be made with one of the virtual reality types in teaching; and studies must be experimental/quasi-experimental. The relevant articles will be scanned in Social Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index, the Institute of Education Science-ERIC, Academic Search Complete-EBSCO and ULAKBİM-TR databases. For studies that meet the aforementioned criteria, the following characteristics will be examined: the skill taught, the participants, the ages of the participants, the research model/design, the material used, the type of virtual reality used, the reliability data and the social validity. The results of this study will provide important information about the literature to researchers planning to teach safety skills to individuals with special needs through virtual reality applications.