Allie -
Allie -
Kids Therapy Game
Kids Therapy Game
Year
Year
2023
2023
Duration
Duration
3 Weeks
3 Weeks
Client
Client
Self
Self
University
University
Umea Institute of Design
Umea Institute of Design
Allie is a hollistic therapy system designed for children with social anxiety disorder aged 5-9. This set features a therapeutically co-created and self-named customizable companion that helps them improve their condition. By providing stability and enhancing self-confidence during moments of anxiety, the adaptable system helps to recall learned skills through positive reinforcement. Personalized and progress-adapted therapeutic games teach the children about their condition, triggers, coping mechanisms, relaxation exercises and social skills.
Allie is a hollistic therapy system designed for children with social anxiety disorder aged 5-9. This set features a therapeutically co-created and self-named customizable companion that helps them improve their condition. By providing stability and enhancing self-confidence during moments of anxiety, the adaptable system helps to recall learned skills through positive reinforcement. Personalized and progress-adapted therapeutic games teach the children about their condition, triggers, coping mechanisms, relaxation exercises and social skills.
Team: Marie Spreitzer, Ellis Walker & Niklas Andreasen
“Studies on Social Anxiety Disorder indicate a 2–9% prevalence among children in the U.S., with rates steadily increasing since 2000. Detectable signs typically emerge after the age of five.”
“Studies on Social Anxiety Disorder indicate a 2–9% prevalence among children in the U.S., with rates steadily increasing since 2000. Detectable signs typically emerge after the age of five.”
Limited Access
Limited Access
Therapy remains out of reach for many families.
Low Engagement
Low Engagement
Abstract methods fail to hold their attention.
Interactive Learning
Interactive Learning
Playful interaction makes therapy engaging and effective.
Early child therapy is highly effective but access to therapy is often difficult due to cost, stigma, or logistical barriers and is disconnected from the child‘s everyday life. The therapy‘s abstract core is challenging and often leads to engagement loss. Especially in acute stressful situations children lack a tangible coping mechanism. Gamification engages and opens up as interacting with a physical object eases connecting and remembering learnings, while sound, light and tactile feedback can create a more immersive experience.
Early child therapy is highly effective but access to therapy is often difficult due to cost, stigma, or logistical barriers and is disconnected from the child‘s everyday life. The therapy‘s abstract core is challenging and often leads to engagement loss. Especially in acute stressful situations children lack a tangible coping mechanism. Gamification engages and opens up as interacting with a physical object eases connecting and remembering learnings, while sound, light and tactile feedback can create a more immersive experience.
Tangible Support
Tangible Support
allie is a holistic therapy system designed for children with social anxiety disorder aged 5–9. This set features a therapeutically co-created and self-named customizable companion that helps them improve their condition. By providing stability and enhancing self-confidence during moments of anxiety, the adaptable system helps to recall learned skills through positive reinforcement. Personalized and progress-adapted therapeutic games teach the children about their condition, triggers, coping mechanisms, relaxation exercises, and social skills.
allie is a holistic therapy system designed for children with social anxiety disorder aged 5–9. This set features a therapeutically co-created and self-named customizable companion that helps them improve their condition. By providing stability and enhancing self-confidence during moments of anxiety, the adaptable system helps to recall learned skills through positive reinforcement. Personalized and progress-adapted therapeutic games teach the children about their condition, triggers, coping mechanisms, relaxation exercises, and social skills.
Supportive companion
Interactive therapy base
Charging home base
Personalizable patches
The fully customizable companion is crafted from soft, child-friendly materials such as silicone and gentle textiles, ensuring both safety and comfort during everyday use. Its modular design allows effortless disassembly, making it easy to update and personalize the companion’s appearance over time. This adaptability ensures that the companion evolves alongside the child, continuously reflecting their preferences, growth, and individual needs, turning it into a familiar, supportive presence rather than a static object.
The fully customizable companion is crafted from soft, child-friendly materials such as silicone and gentle textiles, ensuring both safety and comfort during everyday use. Its modular design allows effortless disassembly, making it easy to update and personalize the companion’s appearance over time. This adaptability ensures that the companion evolves alongside the child, continuously reflecting their preferences, growth, and individual needs, turning it into a familiar, supportive presence rather than a static object.
Playful Encounters
Playful Encounters
The home base extends therapy into the child’s everyday life, offering continuity, support, and playful reflection beyond clinical sessions. Through therapeutic games, it makes abstract concepts tangible, helping children understand social anxiety, recognize triggers, and practice coping strategies in an engaging way. A simple digital companion shares progress updates with caregivers and therapists, bridging professional guidance with daily practice to build lasting confidence and resilience.
The home base extends therapy into the child’s everyday life, offering continuity, support, and playful reflection beyond clinical sessions. Through therapeutic games, it makes abstract concepts tangible, helping children understand social anxiety, recognize triggers, and practice coping strategies in an engaging way. A simple digital companion shares progress updates with caregivers and therapists, bridging professional guidance with daily practice to build lasting confidence and resilience.
The home base extends therapy into the child’s everyday life, offering continuity, support, and playful reflection beyond clinical sessions. Through therapeutic games, it makes abstract concepts tangible, helping children understand social anxiety, recognize triggers, and practice coping strategies in an engaging way. A simple digital companion shares progress updates with caregivers and therapists, bridging professional guidance with daily practice to build lasting confidence and resilience.
Yash Saboo
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