Enhancing independent task performance for individuals with mental retardation through use of a handheld self-directed visual and audio prompting system.

By: Davies, Daniel K.
Contributor(s): Stock, Steven E | Wehmeyer, Michael L.
Series: Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities 37 (2) 2002: 209-218.Publisher: 2002Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING | INDEPENDENCE | VOCATIONAL SKILLSSummary: Computer technology offers promising new approaches to reducing the dependence of people with intellectual disabilities on others. This article reports on the results of a beta test of the utility of a Windows CE based multimedia palmtop computer programme (Visual Assistant) for use in supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities to more independently complete community-referenced vocational skills.
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Computer technology offers promising new approaches to reducing the dependence of people with intellectual disabilities on others. This article reports on the results of a beta test of the utility of a Windows CE based multimedia palmtop computer programme (Visual Assistant) for use in supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities to more independently complete community-referenced vocational skills.

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