Students with Multiple Disabilities Using Technology-Based Programs to Choose and Access Stimulus Events Alone or with Caregiver Participation

Autor/inn/en	Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Oliva, Doretta; Cingolani, Eleonora
Titel	Students with Multiple Disabilities Using Technology-Based Programs to Choose and Access Stimulus Events Alone or with Caregiver Participation
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 30 (2009) 4, S.689-701 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2008.09.002
Schlagwörter	Stimuli; Multiple Disabilities; Caregivers; Educational Technology; Severe Disabilities; Severe Mental Retardation; Assistive Technology; Computers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anreizsystem; Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Unterrichtsmedien; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Digitalrechner
Abstract	The first of these two studies extended preliminary evidence on the use of technology-based programs for enabling students with severe and profound multiple disabilities to choose and access environmental stimuli on their own. Each of the three participants had two microswitches linked to specific sets of stimuli through a computer system. The activation of one of the microswitches triggered the computer system to present a sample of one of the stimuli. If the student chose it, the computer system turned it on for a specific time interval. The second study tested a new technology that allowed the students to choose and access the chosen stimuli with the involvement of the caregiver. The two participants had three microswitches linked to a computer system. The participants' choice of a stimulus alerted the caregiver who then got involved in the stimulation process. The results of both studies showed that the participants learned to activate the basic microswitches consistently, had high percentages of choice for the stimulus samples presented by the computer but with wide differences across stimuli, and largely maintained this performance at a 2-month post-intervention check. These findings were analyzed in terms of the usability of the two types of programs, the role they may play within educational and living contexts, and their innovative technical dimensions. (Contains 6 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10