Approaches for meltdown detection in children with autism: a scoping review

Turabee, ZB, Brown, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1677-7485, Mahmud, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2037-8348, Oikonomou, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-3971, Burton, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9073-8310, Shopland, N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2082-9070 and Rahman, MA, 2025. Approaches for meltdown detection in children with autism: a scoping review. Journal of Enabling Technologies. ISSN 2398-6263

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review studies relevant to the early identification of behavioural changes in children with autism when they start to feel overwhelmed and use their detection for the timely launch of evidence-based well-being interventions for their mitigation.

Design/methodology/approach: A scoping review of electronic databases was undertaken focusing on the studies related to emotions or arousal detection in children with Autism.

Findings: The literature selected for this research explores different methodologies used for detecting precursors of emotional dysregulation (termed meltdown) in individuals with autism. Results suggest that use of multi-modal data is an under researched area, further compounded by the lack of accessible state of the art data sets.

Originality/value: This paper is first of its type aiming to review and categorise existing literature related to approaches for emotion and arousal detection in children with Autism to identify gaps where contemporary computer science methods may help.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Enabling Technologies
Creators:	Turabee, Z.B., Brown, D.J., Mahmud, M., Oikonomou, A., Burton, A., Shopland, N. and Rahman, M.A.
Publisher:	Emerald
Date:	29 July 2025
ISSN:	2398-6263
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1108/JET-12-2023-0042 DOI 2463481 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	03 Jul 2025 14:41
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2025 11:07
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53876

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