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Sigafoos, Jeff; Roche, Laura; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Marschik, Peter B. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Due to loss of spoken language and resulting complex communication needs, people with Rett syndrome are obvious candidates for communication intervention. To advance evidence-based practice and guide future research efforts, we identified and summarized 16 communication intervention studies published since a previous 2009 review on this topic.…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills, Evidence Based Practice
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Alberti, Gloria; Campodonico, Francesca; Acquaviva, Giusy; Chiariello, Valeria; Desideri, Lorenzo – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Objectives: The present study evaluated a new smartphone-based program to help 12 participants with intellectual disability plus visual and motor impairments to self-regulate their stimulation input (thus avoiding their dependence on staff) through simple non-verbal responses. Method: Nonconcurrent multiple baseline designs across participants…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Visual Impairments, Physical Disabilities
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Zhang, Dajie; Krieber-Tomantschger, Iris; Poustka, Luise; Roeyers, Herbert; Sigafoos, Jeff; Bölte, Sven; Marschik, Peter B.; Einspieler, Christa – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Identifying the early signs of developmental disability is important for ensuring timely diagnosis and early intervention. Day-care workers may be in a prime position to notice potential developmental deviations, but it is unclear if they can accurately recognize subtle early signs of atypical development. Sixty day-care workers examined…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Identification
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Carnett, Amarie; Ingvarsson, Einar T.; Bravo, Alicia; Sigafoos, Jeff – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have limited speech are often taught to communicate using a speech-generating device (SGD). We evaluated procedures for teaching a mand for information (i.e., "Where" is [item]?) using an interrupted behavior chain procedure. In Experiment 1, all participants (3 children with ASD who…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Speech Impairments
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Alberti, Gloria; Perilli, Viviana; Chiariello, Valeria; Grillo, Giovanna; Turi, Cosimo – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Objectives: This study assessed a new technology-aided program to support independent leisure and communication engagement with people with intellectual and motor or sensory-motor disabilities. Methods: Six adults participated. The program relied on the use of a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 LTE tablet with Android 6.0 Operating System, a NANO SIM card,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Physical Disabilities, Leisure Time, Interpersonal Communication
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Campodonico, Francesca; Oliva, Doretta; Alberti, Gloria; D'amico, Fiora – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Microswitch-aided programs for persons with multiple disabilities (a) have been rarely used with participants possessing only minimal (e.g., eyelid) responses and (b) have generally targeted simple head or hand responses with higher functioning participants. This study extended the assessment of those programs with both types of…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Multiple Disabilities, Stimulation, Exercise
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van der Meer, Larah; Waddington, Hannah; Sigafoos, Jeff; Balandin, Susan; Bravo, Alicia; Ogilvie, Emily; Matthews, Tamyra; Sawchak, Anastasia – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a program for training direct-care staff to implement an iPad®-based communication intervention with adults with developmental disability and severe communication impairment. Methods: Participants were 11 adults with developmental disability and 19 direct-care staff drawn from two day program settings.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Job Skills
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Gevarter, Cindy; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sammarco, Nicolette; Watkins, Laci; Kuhn, Michelle; Sigafoos, Jeff – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different speech-generating device displays and vocabulary organizations on the acquisition of multi-step requesting responses in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Four young children with ASD were taught to use an iPad® application to make requests using both a taxonomically…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Handheld Devices
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Ferlisi, Gabriele; Ferrarese, Giacomina; Zullo, Valeria; Addante, Luigi M.; Spica, Antonella; Oliva, Doretta – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Technology-aided programs for assisting communication and leisure engagement were assessed in single-case studies involving two men with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Study I involved a 51-year-old man with a virtually total loss of his motor repertoire and assessed a technology-aided program aimed at enabling him to (a) write and send out…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Case Studies
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Alberti, Gloria; Perilli, Viviana; Zimbaro, Carmen; Boccasini, Adele; Mazzola, Carlo; Russo, Roberto – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
This study assessed a technology-aided program (monitoring responding, and ensuring preferred stimulation and encouragements) for promoting physical activity with 11 participants with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Each participant was provided with an exercise device (e.g. a static bicycle and a stepper) and exposed to…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Activity Level, Health Related Fitness
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Bellini, Domenico; Oliva, Doretta; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Lang, Russell – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: A camera-based microswitch technology was recently developed to monitor small facial responses of persons with multiple disabilities and allow those responses to control environmental stimulation. This study assessed such a technology with 2 new participants using slight variations of previous responses. Method: The technology involved…
Descriptors: Computers, Intervention, Video Technology, Nonverbal Communication
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Boccasini, Adele; Perilli, Viviana; Spagnuolo, Carmen – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: Persons with multiple disabilities may frequently fail to achieve independent leisure engagement and communication with distant partners. The aim of this study was to extend the assessment of a technology-aided program providing support in the aforementioned areas with nine participants with multiple disabilities. Methods: The program…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Leisure Time, Interpersonal Communication, Assistive Technology
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Gevarter, Cindy; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Kuhn, Michelle; Mills, Kasey; Ferguson, Raechal; Watkins, Laci; Sigafoos, Jeff; Lang, Russell; Rojeski, Laura; Lancioni, Giulio E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
This study aimed to teach individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and limited vocal speech to emit target vocalizations while using a speech-generating device (SGD). Of the 4 participants, 3 began emitting vocal word approximations with SGD responses after vocal instructional methods (delays, differential reinforcement, prompting) were…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Speech Impairments, Assistive Technology
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Oliva, Doretta; Campodonico, Francesca; Alberti, Gloria; Lang, Russell – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: This study aimed to assess a microswitch-aided program for helping 2 persons with multiple disabilities, who presented with head and shoulder posture problems, to exercise a combination of appropriate head and arm movements. Method: The program involved microswitches for monitoring participants' head and arm movements. A computer…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Human Body, Motion
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McLay, Laurie; Schäfer, Martina C. M.; van der Meer, Larah; Couper, Llyween; McKenzie, Emma; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Marschik, Peter B.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Sutherland, Dean – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
Identifying an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) method for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be informed by comparing their performance with, and preference for, a range of communication modalities. Towards this end, the present study involved two children with ASD who were taught to request the continuation of toy…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Children
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