Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Designed to Elicit Communication, Motor Skills, Emotion, and Visual Regard (Engagement) from Young Children with Complex Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Comparative Trial

Table 2

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for recruited subjects.

Inclusion Criteria	Children between the chronological ages of 18 months and 5 years, regardless of race/ethnicity or gender.
	Children that have significant motor and communication disabilities/delays.
	Children with a raw score of 42 or less on the Expressive Subtest of the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test (REEL-3).
	Children with no unresolved medical issues.
	Vision within gross normal limits (functional) with or without correction.
	Hearing within gross normal limits (functional) with or without correction.
	Children who live in homes where English is the primary spoken language.
	Children without a seizure disorder or with a well-controlled seizure disorder.
	If taking medication, children who have been on a stable medication regime for the past 12 weeks.; Children at Level V of GMFCS.
Exclusion Criteria	Children younger than the chronological age 18 months and older than 5 years.
	Children that do not have significant motor and communication disabilities/delays.
	Children with a raw score of 43 or more on the Expressive Subtest of the Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test (REEL-3).
	Children with unresolved medical issues.
	Children who are blind or have low vision (nonfunctional).
	Children who are deaf or hearing is not within gross normal limits (nonfunctional).
	Children who live in homes where English is not the primary spoken language.
	Children with an uncontrolled seizure disorder.
	Children who have not been on a stable medication regime for the past 12 weeks.; Children at Level I, II, III, or IV of GMFCS.