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Bruno, Lauren P.; Lewis, Amanda M.; Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Bahr, Patricia A.; Immerfall, Jordan – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Adults with intellectual disability (ID) often have challenges when accessing written text. One promising way to address this is through the use of assistive technology (AT) in the form of text to speech (TTS) software to allow individuals to read aurally, bypassing visual decoding weaknesses. However, little information is available on how to…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Assistive Technology, Computer Software, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Mechling, Linda C.; Gast, David L.; Seid, Nicole H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the use of a personal digital assistant (PDA), with picture, auditory, and video prompts, would serve as a portable self-prompting device to facilitate independent task performance by high school age students with moderate intellectual disabilities. A multiple probe design was used across three…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Moderate Mental Retardation, Prompting, Handheld Devices
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Hammond, Diana L.; Whatley, Abigail D.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Gast, David L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of video modeling delivered via computer on accurate and independent use of an iPod by three participants with moderate intellectual disabilities. In the context of combined multiple probes across participants and replicated across tasks, three female middle school students learned to…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Moderate Mental Retardation, Middle School Students, Assistive Technology