The Kids Who Never Got to Practice: How VR Is Teaching Social Skills Schools Forgot to Teach
For decades, social skills training in schools meant one thing: a teacher singling out a student in front of their peers to practice something they don't yet know how to do. Dr. Amber Rowland spent over a decade building a better answer. VOISS — a virtual reality and simulation platform developed at the University of Kansas — gives students with autism and social-emotional learning needs a private, low-stakes space to practice the skills that determine whether they'll get a job, keep a relationship, and navigate the world. No audience. No humiliation. Just repetition, confidence, and data. In…
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