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Augmented Reality To Teach Activities Of Daily Living To Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Who Live Independently, Michael Clinton Morrow
Augmented Reality To Teach Activities Of Daily Living To Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Who Live Independently, Michael Clinton Morrow
Doctoral Dissertations
Post-secondary educational opportunities continue to grow for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), with many providing options for independent living. This has increased the already high need to teach independent living skills to this population. Complex learning needs within this community of learners often necessitate unique teaching approaches. A single case, multiple probes across behaviors design was used to determine the effectiveness of an augmented reality (AR) video modeling system used on a mobile device as a learning approach. The goal of the study was to help participants living independently learn new skills and to determine the social acceptability …
Effectiveness Of Proloquo2goTm In Enhancing Communication In Children With Autism During Aba Therapy, Taylor Eastin Krcek
Effectiveness Of Proloquo2goTm In Enhancing Communication In Children With Autism During Aba Therapy, Taylor Eastin Krcek
Doctoral Dissertations
Autism is a bio-neurological developmental disorder presenting in early childhood that has a profound effect on an individual's ability to communicate. The iPad® with the Proloquo2GoTM app is a multilingual Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) solution designed to assist people who have difficulty speaking or cannot speak at all. This study examines the effectiveness of the Proloquo2GoTM app delivered via iPad® to enhance the tacting, manding, and verbal completion repertoires of children with autism. Participants included five children between the ages of three and four years old diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and with low to …
The Discursive Construction Of Autism: Contingent Meanings Of Autism And Therapeutic Talk, Jessica Nina Lester
The Discursive Construction Of Autism: Contingent Meanings Of Autism And Therapeutic Talk, Jessica Nina Lester
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation was a discourse analysis study, drawing upon discursive psychology, poststructural understandings of discourse, conversation analysis, and a social relational model of disability. The purpose of this study was to explore how autism was performed as an interactional event among children with autism labels, the therapists who work with them, and their parents, in the context of a pediatric therapy setting. I interrogated how the participants’ everyday discursive practices were shaped and, at times, constrained by the social and political institutions that often work to define autism and the related, official plans of treatment. A total of 12 families …