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Using Wireless Technology to Support Social Connectedness in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Focus Group Study
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Paul, Claire Donehower; Thomas, Erin Vinoski; Doulin, Allison M.; Hussain, Sharish Z.; Jimenez, Eliseo – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2022
Despite the pervasive use of wireless technology in today's society, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have limited access to technology. Technology is underutilized by this population for a variety of reasons including cost-related barriers and cognitive inaccessibility of devices and software applications. The lack of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Computers
Examining Digital Messaging Applications for Postsecondary Students with Intellectual Disability
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Smith, Cate C.; Cihak, David F.; McMahon, Don D.; Coleman, Mari Beth – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using mobile technology applications to improve digital communication skills in four postsecondary students with intellectual disability. An alternating treatment design was used to compare the effectiveness of three mobile technological applications to improve digital communicative…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Handheld Devices
Enhancing Independent Participation within Vocational Activities for an Adolescent with ASD Using AAC Video Visual Scene Displays
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Babb, Salena; Gormley, Jessica; McNaughton, David; Light, Janice – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2019
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often require support both for learning new skills and for communication. This study used a multiple baseline across activities design to evaluate the effect of videos with integrated visual scene displays (video VSDs), presented using a tablet-based app, on the percentage of steps completed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Video Technology
Implementing Project SIED: Special Education Teachers' Perceptions of a Simplified Technology Decision-Making Process for App Identification and Evaluation
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Schmidt, Matthew M.; Lin, Meng-Fen Grace; Paek, Seungoh; MacSuga-Gage, Ashley; Gage, Nicholas A. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2017
The worldwide explosion in popularity of mobile devices has created a dramatic increase in mobile software (apps) that are quick and easy to find and install, cheap, disposable, and usually single purpose. Hence, teachers need an equally streamlined and simplified decision-making process to help them identify educational apps--an approach that…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Decision Making
Is There an App for that?
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Douglas, Karen H.; Wojcik, Brian W.; Thompson, James R. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2012
Everyday technologies (e.g., iPods, iPads, and Smart Phones) other applications (apps) that can serve as supports to students with intellectual and related developmental disabilities. The extent to which apps that are currently on the market are aligned with the support needs of children was evaluated using the subscale framework of the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Developmental Disabilities, Handheld Devices
Is the Pen Mightier? Using Pentop Computers to Improve Secondary Students' Writing
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Bouck, Emily C.; Doughty, Teresa Taber; Flanagan, Sara M.; Szwed, Kathryn; Bassette, Laura – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2010
This study examined the efficacy of pentop computers on the written expression of three secondary students with mild disabilities. A multiple-probe design was used to establish pentop computers as a potentially effective tool for increasing the quality and quantity of written expression. Each student learned to use the pentop computer and the…
Descriptors: Essays, Mild Disabilities, Writing Skills, Educational Technology