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Direct linkEdie 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
Peer reviewedTawfik, Gehad Mohamed; Makram, Omar Mohamed; Zayan, Ahmad Helmy; Ghozy, Sherief; Eid, Peter Samuel; Mahmoud, Mona Hanafy; Abdelaal, Abdelaziz; Abdelghany, Seif Mahmoud; Sayed, Ahmed M.; Sang, To Kim; Kassem, Mahmoud; Ho, Quoc Le Minh; Eltanany, Heba Hussien; Ali, Amira Farghaly; Hassan, Osama Gamal; Elsherbiny, Khaled Essam; Shafik, Amr G.; Hirayama, Kenji; Huy, Nguyen Tien – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Our aim was to assess the different voice prostheses (VPs) to identify the most efficient, safest, patient-tailored, longest lifetime, and inexpensive VPs and assess the different factors affecting their quality. Method: In September 2017, 15 databases were searched to include all randomized controlled trials. A new search was done in May…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Assistive Technology, Journal Articles, Program Effectiveness
Terashima, Mikiko; Kirby, Ronald Lee; Smith, Cher – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
This study assessed the effectiveness of a learning module we developed for planning students aimed to enhance their understanding for design issues in public spaces faced by wheelchair users. The module involves training of students to effectively navigate the environment in a wheelchair before they experience the real outdoor spaces. Through…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Design
Booths, Autumn L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Students who have visual impairments (i.e., those who are blind or have low vision) have additional difficulties accessing educational materials as compared to their typically sighted peers. Teachers of students with visual impairments need to be prepared to teach their students assistive technology skills that are both general and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Assistive Technology
Amanda J. Neitzel; Xinxing Guo; Betsy Wolf; Nancy A. Madden; Michael X. Repka; David S. Friedman; Megan Collins – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background: Reading is a vital skill, key to school success, necessary for employment, and essential for functioning in everyday life. Many attempts to increase literacy have focused on schools, yet "out of school" factors have a substantial impact on student learning (Clabaugh, 2008). One non-instructional factor that may be part of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students, Access to Health Care
Bandstra, Nancy F.; Huston, Parker L.; Zvonek, Kate; Heinz, Carly; Piccione, Emily – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Feeding challenges in children are common, at times reaching a severity that requires the placement and long-term use of enteral feedings. A significant barrier to advancing the oral eating of some tube-dependent children is the presence of oral aversion. Although some research exists regarding the treatment of tube-dependent children who…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Nutrition, Barriers, Psychological Patterns
Download full textSahin Kölemen, Cansu; Akgün, Ögretim Üyesi Ergün – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2022
The aim of this study is to design, develop, implement and evaluate an accessible mass open learning platform for visually impaired individuals. The study group consists of experts in the field who want to contribute to the study voluntarily with the snowball sampling method and have not used the platform before, with or without visual impairment.…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled), Usability
Dispenza, Franco – Journal of Career Development, 2021
A narrative literature review was conducted with the intention of providing practitioners with foundational knowledge regarding the career development trajectory of persons with disabilities (PWD). The author selected scholarship from various disciplines including rehabilitation, psychology, and special education. In the article, the author…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Career Development, Disabilities, Barriers
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
Thatcher, Leslie; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2021
To prepare high school graduates with visual impairments for college, staff members at Perkins School for the Blind developed a nine month residential program, College Success@Perkins. This article describes components of the program design and provides data on eight students who successfully completed the program in the first cohort. It concludes…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Readiness, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Hardesty, Canyon; Moody, Eric J.; Kern, Shira; Warren, Wendy; Cooley Hidecker, Mary Jo; Wagner, Susan; Arora, Sanjeev; Root-Elledge, Sandra – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2021
Adequately prepared educators are critical to the success of children in rural settings, but many educators receive little training on how to support students with disabilities. Professional development for educators is challenging in rural areas due to the lack of opportunities and travel requirements. Project ECHO™ was originally developed to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Rural Schools, Teacher Competencies, Students with Disabilities
Heath, Katie – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
Classroom membership is essential in today's classrooms as students need to feel safe and secure in their participatory roles. Allowing a student's voice is essential in allowing them the opportunity to communicate with their peers. In this study, the author looked at how the use or non-use of the iPad (as a form of assistive technology) affected…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Handheld Devices, Assistive Technology, Telecommunications
Keshav, Neha U.; Vahabzadeh, Arshya; Abdus-Sabur, Rafiq; Huey, Krystal; Salisbury, Joseph P.; Liu, Runpeng; Sahin, Ned – Education Sciences, 2018
There is considerable demand for special education services for the over half a million students with autism in the United States. While assistive technology may augment educational services, its implementation is often prevented by a number of practical and attitudinal barriers. These barriers are especially pertinent for the newest and thus…
Descriptors: Autism, Assistive Technology, Barriers, Educational Technology
Mruzek, Daniel W.; McAleavey, Stephen; Engel, Suzanne; Smith, Tristram – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2016
In this study, a novel enuresis alarm device using a miniaturized radio frequency module and disposable sensors made with inexpensive conductive ink was used to teach toilet use for urination with three participants with severe intellectual disability (two males and one female; aged 7-15 years) in a private special education school setting. At…
Descriptors: Toilet Training, Assistive Technology, Severe Intellectual Disability, Special Schools
Coleman, Mari Beth; Cady, Jo Ann; Rider, Robert A. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2015
P-12 students who have mobility limitations often face environmental and social barriers that have an impact on educational performance; thus, teachers who work with these students need to have an understanding of these barriers. One potential way for teachers to understand environmental and social barriers is to experience them from a first-hand…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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