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Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Rodgers, Derek B.; Balint-Langel, Kinga; Hinzman-Ferris, Michelle L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
We examined the efficacy of a combined electronic essay writing and editing mnemonic driven strategy with 24 college students in a two-year postsecondary program for students with developmental disabilities. We used a pre-posttest experimental design with random assignment to treatment/control groups. During 26 sessions each consisting of 50 min.,…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Essay Tests
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Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Chang, Man-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study extended Battery-free wireless mouse functionality to assess whether two people with developmental disabilities would be able to actively perform designated simple occupational activities according to simple instructions by controlling their favorite environmental stimulation using Battery-free wireless mice with a newly developed…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Training Methods, Intervention, Stimulation
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Zurita, Leslie M.; Johnson, Jesse W.; Grider, Katie M.; Grider, Kristin L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
This study compared the effectiveness of self-, other-, and subjective-video models on teaching daily living skills to three individuals with developmental disabilities. Results indicated that all conditions were effective in promoting independent correct responding in both instructional and generalization settings and that the effects maintained…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Daily Living Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Desrochers, Marcie N.; House, Anna M.; Seth, Puja – Teaching of Psychology, 2001
Evaluates Simulations in Developmental Disabilities (SIDD), a multimedia software program, that provides students with practice in behavioral assessment and treatment decisions for persons with developmental disabilities. Explains that students in the experimental group received instruction with SIDD following a lecture on clinical strategies.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Research
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Words and Concepts" is a computer software program that focuses on building oral language skills related to vocabulary, comprehension, word relationships, and other concepts in six units--vocabulary, categorization, word identification by function, word association, concept of same, and concept of different. It can be used by adults and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Learning Disabilities