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50 Years of ERIC
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Mezei, Peter J.; Heller, Kathryn Wolff – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2012
Many students with physical disabilities have difficulty with writing fluency due to motor limitations. One type of assistive technology that has been developed to improve writing speed and accuracy is word prediction software, although there is a paucity of research supporting its use for individuals with physical disabilities. This study used an…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Prediction, Physical Disabilities
Roberts, Janelle A. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2007
Two children with similar physical disabilities were paired as mentor and mentee as a strategy of teaching self-determination skills. In this case study, the mentor was a junior in high school with a physical impairment and had possessed the desired qualities of self-determination according to transition rating scales. The mentee was a fifth-grade…
Descriptors: Mentors, Physical Disabilities, Behavior Rating Scales, Adjustment (to Environment)
Carter, Bonnie Bell; Spencer, Vicky G. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2007
The purpose of this study was to present a descriptive, explanatory case study of an adolescent male survivor of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The subject was a 17 year, 6 month old student enrolled in the twelfth grade at a highly selective science and technology governor's high school in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area. This…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Grade 12, Brain, Rehabilitation