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Chung Eun Lee; Taesu Lee – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2025
The use of non-face-to-face services and kiosks has expanded due to the development of information and communication technology and accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In South Korea, the use of self-service kiosks has grown to about four times pre-pandemic levels. Therefore, it is pivotal for students with intellectual and developmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Baker, Joshua N.; Stanger, Carol; Katz-Flotte, Sarah; Garza, Tiberio – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023
This 2-year pilot study aimed to investigate the effects of a job coaching application (i.e., Job Coaching on Demand) on the knowledge and competencies of teachers and job coaches that work with young adults with developmental disabilities. Due to the global pandemic, this research was conducted virtually over a 2-year period. During the first…
Descriptors: Job Development, Computer Oriented Programs, Coaching (Performance), Young Adults
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Balint-Langel, Kinga; Yuan, Chengan; Hua, Youjia – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2022
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often have difficulties with self-management skills such as scheduling daily tasks for educational, vocational, and leisure purposes. In this study, we used a multiple probe across participant design to evaluate the effects of constant time delay in teaching young adults with IDD…
Descriptors: Self Management, Time Management, Teaching Methods, Young Adults
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Maich, Kimberly; Rutherford, Camille; Bishop, Courtney – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
Twelve pilot project participants with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities used mobile devices (smartwatch and smartphone technology) and individualized apps focused on time management, coping, budgeting, exercise, and safety to support independence and community engagement. Ten participants with intellectual and/or developmental…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Time Management
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Bornman, Juan; Romski, MaryAnn; King, Marika; Madima, Vuledzani M.; Sevcik, Rose A. – Infants and Young Children, 2020
Using a mobile health application (i.e., app) to empower primary caregivers of young children with developmental disorders in low- and middle-income countries is opening up new avenues for early childhood intervention. Thirteen caregivers and 10 speech-language pathologists participated in 3 focus groups to explore their perspectives about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Telecommunications
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Evmenova, Anya S.; Graff, Heidi J.; Genaro Motti, Vivian; Giwa-Lawal, Kudirat; Zheng, Hui – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2019
In response to the increasing number of young adults with intellectual and development disability (IDD) in inclusive postsecondary settings, a wearable technology application was designed to support students' learning, participation, and independence. This article describes the design research process leading to the development of the technology…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Assistive Technology, Intervention, Young Adults
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Uphold, Nicole M.; Douglas, Karen H.; Loseke, Dannell L. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2016
A withdrawal design study evaluated the effectiveness of using constant time delay to teach six adults with a developmental disability to program and use an iPod touch® as an electronic photographic activity schedule (ePAS). The ePAS, created with the First Then Visual Schedule app, consisted of photographs of different exercises to complete…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs, Recreation
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Seok, Soonhwa; DaCosta, Boaventura; Yu, Byeong Min – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The present study compared a spelling practice intervention using a tablet personal computer (PC) and picture cards with three students diagnosed with developmental disabilities. An alternating-treatments design with a non-concurrent multiple-baseline across participants was used. The aims of the present study were: (a) to determine if…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Spelling, Pictorial Stimuli, Laptop Computers
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Dunn, Michael; Barrio, Brenda; Hsiao, Yun-Ju – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2016
Students with developmental disabilities often struggle with life-readiness skills (e.g., literacy skills such as reading and writing, task completion, and communication), which also help prepare students for the workplace. Assistive technology tools offer these students a means to do better in these areas. In this action-research study, we…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Assistive Technology, Developmental Disabilities, Daily Living Skills
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Arthanat, Sajay; Curtin, Christine; Kontak, David – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2015
Mainstream technologies are widely being employed in inclusive and special education classrooms to accommodate the learning needs of students. As the evidence of their effectiveness evolves, educators and school-based therapists need tools and documentable strategies for their implementation. This research presents an evaluation protocol to guide…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Developmental Disabilities, Handheld Devices
Gardner, James M.; Breuer, Anne – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1985
The development of a microcomputer assessment system is described with respect to establishing its reliability, validity, utility, and cost-effectiveness. Using the system, nonprofessionals, in less than an hour, generated an in-depth inexpensive comprehensive individualized 5-10 page behavior assessment which was judged superior in quality by…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Microcomputers
Johansen, Robert; And Others – 1981
Aimed at decision makers who will choose whether and how to implement telecommunications efforts in the human services, this final evaluation report describes an intensive demonstration effort, which was conducted by the Alternate Media Center of New York University from July 1979 to September 1980 to show how various telecommunications media,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
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Saka, Thomas T. – Computers in Human Services, 1985
The computer has been used successfully in the education of persons with handicaps. Five subjects with developmental disabilities were selected for a six-month study and trained to use the microcomputer in performing basic data entry and word processing tasks. Four of the five subjects were placed in computer-related occupations following the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Developmental Disabilities
Hile, Matthew G.; Campbell, Donna M. – 1993
This paper describes the use of an automated performance support system, the Mental Retardation-Expert (MR-E), in the training of 16 student clinicians to think "functionally" about undesirable behaviors of persons with mental retardation or developmental disabilities (MR/DD). The MR-E models human expertise in behavioral diagnosis and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education