A review of evidence on practices for teaching young children to use assistive technology devices
By: Campbell, Philippa H.
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Series: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 26 (1) 2006 : 3-13.Publisher: 2006Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CHILDREN | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | LITERATURE REVIEWSSummary: Identifies a total of 104 articles about assistive technology (AT) with infants and toddlers published between 1980 to 2004. A majority of the subjects were children with physical or multiple disabilities. Across all devices, the primary teaching strategy was opportunity to access and use the device, either independently or with teacher or peer facilitation. Concludes that for the most part, children learned to use the targeted device and gained competence in device use through practice.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Identifies a total of 104 articles about assistive technology (AT) with infants and toddlers published between 1980 to 2004. A majority of the subjects were children with physical or multiple disabilities. Across all devices, the primary teaching strategy was opportunity to access and use the device, either independently or with teacher or peer facilitation. Concludes that for the most part, children learned to use the targeted device and gained competence in device use through practice.
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