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Edie C. Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Prospective memory (PM), the ability to remember to execute an intention in the future, is critical for the performance of everyday tasks important for independence and quality of life. PM failures are associated with negative health, financial, and social outcomes, and are more frequent with increased age and can be even greater for older adults…
Descriptors: Memory, Older Adults, Cognitive Ability, Neurological Impairments
Alicia Nehrkorn Hellner – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A single-subject research design was utilized to study the effects of noise-cancelling headphones on students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the classroom. Academic success has long been linked to students' time spent on-task in the classroom. Interventions to maintain time spent on-task have been studied and researched but many, currently…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Assistive Technology
Hannah Sykes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The problem that this study addressed was the use of eye gaze technology (EGT) for nonverbal students with cortical visual impairment (CVI). There are no studies examining educators' viewpoints on the usefulness of EGT for communication and language development of nonverbal students with CVI. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Teacher Attitudes
Curran, David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Assistive Technology (AT) has become an important tool used by special needs children for improving their quality of life by empowering their abilities, therefore improving their personal independence. The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study was to closely examine the experiences and meaning-making of parents, of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Phenomenology
Thompson, Wendy Faye – ProQuest LLC, 2018
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience higher rates of unemployment and underemployment than any other disability category. Employment may play an important role in the development of self-worth for people with ASD. Some people with ASD require workplace accommodations. Technology-based accommodations may be one solution for helping…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Accessibility (for Disabled), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Noakes, Michaela Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Traumatic Brain Injury outcomes vary by individual due to age at the onset of injury, the location of the injury, and the degree to which the deficits appear to be pronounced, among other factors. As an acquired injury to the brain, the neurophysiological consequences are not homogenous; they are as varied as the individuals who experience them.…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Assistive Technology, Handwriting
Jones, Felita – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose. This quantitative study examined parent perceptions regarding augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for their children with autism to determine if, according to parent perceptions, a relationship existed between AAC and functional communication. Those faced with cognitive and developmental delays like autism face…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Correlation
Janice D. Carson – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of online professional development training on assistive technology by comparing knowledge acquisition through pretest/posttest scores and assessment of the participants' assistive technology implementation plans with a researcher designed rubric. The architecture for the six trainings…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Training, Electronic Learning, Public Colleges
Hussin, Ahamad – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Assistive technology devices have become essential tools for students with visual impairments. In 2009, the Malaysian Ministry of Education introduced Digital Talking Textbooks (DTTs) for selected subjects to facilitate learning. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore, describe, and interpret the experiences of students with visual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Audio Books, Electronic Publishing
Lucas, Kristin Goodwin – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Early reading literacy is foundational to all other academic learning. It is imperative that elementary students with and without disabilities be provided with evidence-based reading instruction. Elementary students with developmental disabilities (DD) and complex communication needs (CCN) benefit from evidence-based reading instruction that…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Early Reading, Intervention, Elementary School Students
Waale, Mildred Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Federal disabilities legislation (the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act," or IDEIA of 2004) continued the movement of disabled ("differently-abled") persons from segregated public educational institutions to fully integrated general education classrooms, with appropriate accommodations for the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Segers, Kathryn S. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Technology is used in almost every school and classroom today and motivates and intrigues students with vision. This same technology is often not accessible to students with visual impairments and blindness. Assistive technology must be used by students with visual impairments and blindness in order to access a computer, the Internet, and print…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Lorah, Elizabeth R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Center for Disease Control estimates that one in 88 births result in a diagnosis of autism (CDC, 2012). Of those individuals diagnosed with autism approximately 25-61% fail to develop vocal output capabilities (Weitxz, Dexter, & Moore, 1997). The use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems, such as Picture Exchange (PE)…
Descriptors: Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Assistive Technology
Horton, Olivia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of the full-time and associate faculty members at one private university in California about the institution's capacity to meet the needs of an increasing population of students with learning disabilities seeking admission to the university. Methodology: Descriptive research…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Learning Disabilities, College Faculty, Educational Strategies
Cunningham, Rhonda Phillips – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research has suggested many children with learning disabilities (LD) have deficits in working memory (WM) that hinder their academic achievement. Cogmed RM, a computerized intervention, uses adaptive training over 25 sessions and has shown efficacy in improving WM in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a variety of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Academic Achievement, Children
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