ERIC Number: EJ906275
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 18
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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.)
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Moderate Mental Retardation, Prompting, Handheld Devices, Independent Living, Replication (Evaluation), Assistive Technology, Program Effectiveness, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Multimedia Materials, Participant Satisfaction, Computer Software Evaluation
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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