From Synthesis to Clinical Assistance: A Strategy-Aware Agent Framework for Autism Intervention based on Real Clinical Dataset (2026.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the gold standard for clinical intervention, but large language models struggle to adhere to its standardized procedures. |
| Approach: | They propose a strategy-aware framework to unify high-fidelity intervention dialogue synthesis and clinical decision support. |
| Outcome: | Experiments show that ASDAgent achieves nearly 80% strategic consistency with human experts. |
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