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Digital Games and Assistive Technology: Improvement of Communication of Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Ferreira, Maria Inês Jesus; Travassos, Xisto Lucas; Sampaio, Renelson; Pereira-Guizzo, Camila de Sousa – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
This paper aims to analyze the frequency of occurrence of different forms of communication in nonspeaking children during activities with digital games. The participants in this study were three children with multiple disabilities, whose limitations were due to cerebral palsy. All the children had severe oral communication disabilities. Three…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Children, Cerebral Palsy
Determining Alertness in Individuals with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: The Reliability of an Observation List
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Munde, Vera; Vlaskamp, Carla; Ruijssenaars, Wied; Nakken, Han – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
In the support of individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), assessing the level of alertness is a recurring issue for parents and other direct support persons. Although observations show clear advantages above and beyond other assessment methods, there are problems related to this method as well. Subjectivity of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Observation, Severe Disabilities, Cognitive Ability
Behavioral States of Children with Severe Disabilities in the Multisensory Environment
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Tunson, Je'na; Candler, Catherine – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the behavioral states of individual children for evidence of responsiveness within and without a multisensory environment (MSE). Three children in the age range of 3-10 years with severe multiple disabilities participated in the study. A single-system ABAB design was used. Participants' behavioral states,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Multiple Disabilities, Attention, Occupational Therapy
Emergent Literacy Supports for Students Who Are Deaf-Blind or Have Visual and Multiple Impairments: A Multiple-Case Study
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McKenzie, Amy R. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
Seven classrooms of students with deaf-blindness or visual and multiple impairments were observed to document the emergent literacy supports that were present, including environmental characteristics, strategies, or activities. The findings revealed that the majority of classrooms used emergent literacy supports that were previously documented for…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Deafness, Emergent Literacy, Multiple Disabilities
A Comparison of Untrained Observer and Trained Evaluator Perceptions of Level of Functioning in a Group of Low Functioning, Multihandicapped Children.
Diebold, Martin H.; And Others – Diagnostique, 1980
Results indicated that untrained observers perceived the group of children as functioning at a somewhat higher level than did trained evaluators. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Examiners, Exceptional Child Research, Informal Assessment
Evaluating and Stimulating Vision in the Multiply Impaired.
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Jose, Randall T.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
Techniques for evaluating the multiply impaired child's functional level of vision are described and a sequence of visual stimulation instruction for children with visual impairments is presented. (PHR)
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Observation
Stress and Stress Management in Families with Adopted Children Who Have Severe Disabilities.
Todis, Bonnie; Singer, George – 1989
Qualitative research methods were used to investigate the sources and methods of dealing with stress in eight families with adopted children who have severe developmental or multiple disabilities. The families, who had each adopted from two to 30 children, included "birth children" and, in some cases, foster children as well. The research methods…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Rearing, Children, Coping