KeepCalm Project

Our current project, KeepCalm, is based on our previous research which showed that heart rate increases are an effective way to predict the onset of challenging behaviors. The design of the KeepCalm app (originally called the EMOtion REgulation [EMORE] App), has features to communicate children's stress to teachers via heart rate tracking, suggest the best emotion regulation strategies for that child, and provide a way to track which strategies are most helpful. We found that parents and autism support teachers rated this app as extremely useful for managing children's stress, and strongly agree that it could help prevent challenging behaviors in children with autism. Read more about our previous work here:
https://insar.confex.com/insar/2020/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/35440