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ERIC Number: EJ906275
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2154-1647
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Evaluation of a Personal Digital Assistant as a Self-Prompting Device for Increasing Multi-Step Task Completion by Students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
Mechling, Linda C.; Gast, David L.; Seid, Nicole H.
Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, v45 n3 p422-439 Sep 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the use of a personal digital assistant (PDA), with picture, auditory, and video prompts, would serve as a portable self-prompting device to facilitate independent task performance by high school age students with moderate intellectual disabilities. A multiple probe design was used across three cooking recipes and replicated across three students to evaluate the effectiveness of the self-prompting program. Results indicate that students were able to independently use a PDA to self-prompt completion of the three cooking recipes without the need for external adult prompting, to maintain use of the device over time, and to self-adjust the levels of prompts used within and across recipes. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.)
Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, P.O. Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://www.dddcec.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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