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Using a Personal Digital Assistant to Increase Independent Task Completion by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Mechling, Linda C.; Gast, David L.; Seid, Nicole H. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
In this study, a personal digital assistant (PDA) with picture, auditory, and video prompts with voice over, was evaluated as a portable self-prompting device for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Using a multiple probe design across three cooking recipes and replicated with three students with ASD, the system was tested for its…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Assistive Technology
Evaluation of a Personal Digital Assistant as a Self-Prompting Device for Increasing Multi-Step Task Completion by Students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
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Mechling, Linda C.; Gast, David L.; Seid, Nicole H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 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…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Moderate Mental Retardation, Prompting, Handheld Devices
Evaluation of a Portable DVD Player and System of Least Prompts to Self-Prompt Cooking Task Completion by Young Adults with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
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Mechling, Linda C.; Gast, David L.; Fields, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Special Education, 2008
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a portable DVD player plus the system of least prompts (SLP) for DVD player use as a self-prompting device to teach cooking tasks to three young adults with moderate intellectual disabilities. A multiple probe design across three cooking tasks and replicated across three students was used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Prompting, Young Adults, Cooking Instruction