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Learn with Rufus: Boys & Girls Gameplay, Trailers and Related Videos

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Have fun learning how faces are various between boys and girls! Learn with Rufus: Boys and Girls aims to assist kids learn the facial features that correspond to boys and girls. Kids will learn how to identify gender from faces with typical and atypical features. The mini game is highly customizable to meet the needs of kids with varying skills, ability levels, and learning styles. This mini game was designed by Dr Holly Gastgeb, a clinical and developmental psychologist with over ten years of experience working with typically developing kids and kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Her research has shown that kids with ASD have difficulty identifying genders from an early age. Since this ability is developed throughout childhood, the mini game is also beneficial for a wide range of kids including those early achievers without any diagnosed learning difficulties. Learn with Rufus: Boys and Girls is organized into three parts, a learning phase and two separate mini games: • Learning - A preview of the male and female faces is shown to the kid before the mini game starts. • Search It! - Shown a picture of a boy and a girl, the kid is directed to choose a specific gender. • Name It! - Shown a single picture, the kid is asked to name the gender. To hold kids interested and motivated, the following features are included: • Reward sets - Select from nine various colourful child-friendly reward sets including bugs, vehicles, cats, dinosaurs, and more. • Toy break - The kid is given periodic breaks with fun on-screen glowing rings. This feature can be turned off if the kid does not need breaks or finds them distracting. • Positive reinforcement - Rufus does a "satisfied dance" and gives positive verbal reinforcement when the kid answers correctly. If the kid answers incorrectly, the correct reply will be restated. • Melody and sounds - Child-friendly melody and sounds are included throughout the mini game. This feature can be turned off if the kid is sensitive to or distracted by sounds and melody. • Text - For kids who have fun reading, the word that corresponds to each picture is presented above the picture. This feature can be turned off if the words are distracting to the kid. • Icons - For younger kids who haven't yet learned reading or for those who search the text distracting, icons that correspond to the genders are presented. This feature can be turned off to increase difficulty. Extra customizable features that are show contain: • Level of difficulty - The level of difficulty can be adjusted to match the child's ability level: Easy - Faces with quickly identifiable genders Medium - Mix of simple and hard faces Hard - Faces with hair cues removed • Training - The practice session before the mini games may be disabled to increase difficulty. • Languages - Select between English and Spanish. For parents, educators, and therapists: • Profiles per kid - More than one kid can play the mini game and all data is stored under each child's name. • Track data and stats - At the end of the mini game, a graph of the child's data is presented. Touch the graph to enlarge it, and then touch each data point to gather info about the child's performance. • Email data - From the graph screen, if the device is capable of email, choose the Export button to send yourself a CSV file of the child's progress. For Ages 3 & Up