This paper aims to discuss about how mobile technologies and resources can be used to support teaching and improving the performance of students with cerebral palsy during out-door classes in the paralympic boccia court. The Educational Design Research has been used to help us to identify the context and to build two interventions: (i) using an…

The purpose of this case study was to measure the impact of using ICT in Individual Learning Programmes of students with learning disabilities. Twenty five students and thirteen teachers took part in the research which was based on classroom observations. The Kappa coefficient was employed as a measure to statistically quantify the students'…

A seven-step procedure was developed to improve the intelligibility of children with significant motor problems (such as cerebral palsy). The procedure employs delayed auditory feedback to help the children control their rate of speaking to make it commensurate with their motor abilities. The procedure was pilot-tested with six children. Results…

The study used meta-analysis techniques to examine the effectiveness of intervention strategies for children with cerebral palsy. An examination of existing literature on meta-analysis revealed that techniques are available to accommodate a wide variety of research designs and data. Next, the percentage of studies purporting to address an…

This purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of parents with children with disabilities towards their children and how Mexican society treats their children. Using a focus group with a translator four middle class parents were interviewed about their children with disabilities in Guadalajara, Mexico. At a later date two other parents…

Three groups of college students were exposed to a 22 minute interview with a cerebral palsied person, in either an audio, video, or transcript format. An expectancy questionnaire covering such aspects as academic and vocational achievements, communication with the public, ability to handle put downs, and effectiveness of sexual expression was…

The article is intended to help speech pathologists, classroom teachers, and parents interested in using a communication board strategy for a cerebral palsied, nonspeaking child. The first of four areas of concern in the use of a communicaton board covers factors influencing the use of such a system. Such factors as level of intellectual…

Eighteen studies (1952-1982) evaluating early therapeutic intervention for children with cerebral palsy are reviewed. Studies are explained to feature provisions of some type of traditional, neurophysiological/sensorimotor, or eclectic therapy and to have excluded pharmacological, dietary, or other specialized treatment procedures. Analysis is…

The Computer Access Project offers specialized vocational training to individuals with severe physical disabilities. Ten participants, who were once thought unemployable, were given training in two areas of software applications (computer-aided drafting and bookkeeping). Student selection is described, and the importance of motivation noted.…

The paper describes three strategies featuring a microcomputer to promote the integration and acceptance of students with disabilities among their nondisabled peers. The first strategy is a cross-age tutoring program in which disabled, learning disabled, emotionally disabled, or mildly retarded students demonstrate computer use to nondisabled…

The paper addresses the secondary learning problems that accompany various types of cerebral palsy. Three major types of cerebral palsy are reviewed: spastic, athetoid, and ataxic. Among associated disabilities noted are disorders with the primitive reflexes (such as the moro and asymmetric tonic neck reflexes). Sensory impairments associated with…

The descriptive study explored the cognitive and linguistic performances of 63 multiply handicapped preschool children (ages 37 to 71 months). Five measures, such as the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, were used to assess the Ss, who were classified in one of three groups (cerebral palsied, other neurologically impaired, nonneurologically…

The paper describes the system of conductive education for use with cerebral palsy and multihandicapped children which is based on the research of A. Peto. Conductive education is explained to involve such techniques as individualization of program and instruction, task analysis, transdisciplinary team organization, generalization of all learning,…

This study investigated whether a disabled person's predisposition to technology use can be assessed in order to optimize the match of person with technological aids. Subjects, most with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, or deafness, were assessed with newly developed instruments and interviewed. Subjects were determined to be either technology…

Home interviews were given to 369 families of children (3-18 years old) with cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, myelodysplasia, and multiple physical handicaps to determine the impact of childhood disability on families. Results were compared with those of 465 control families who had one or more non-handicapped children in that age range. A cross…