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Alertness, Movement, and Affective Behaviour of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) on Introduction of a Playful Interactive Product: Can We Get Your Attention?
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van Delden, R. W.; Wintels, S. C.; van Oorsouw, W. M. W. J.; Evers, V.; Embregts, P. J. C. M.; Heylen, D. K. J.; Reidsma, D. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: New technology may stimulate active leisure activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). We conducted a study of an interactive ball that responded to gross body movement, focus of attention, and vocalisations of users with PIMD. The aim was to increase alertness and body movement and elicit more…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Recreational Activities, Physical Activities
The Effects of a Power-Assisted Exercise Intervention on Alertness in People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Wessels, Marleen D.; Bossink, Leontien W. M.; van der Putten, Annette A. J. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2017
One of the benefits of physical activity in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is an increase in alertness. This study investigated the effect of a power-assisted exercise intervention on alertness and the relationship of this effect to the level of additional motor and visual impairments in people with PIMD. A…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Physical Activities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
A Field Study of a Standardized Tangible Symbol System for Learners Who Are Visually Impaired and Have Multiple Disabilities
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Trief, Ellen; Cascella, Paul W.; Bruce, Susan M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: The study reported in this article tracked the learning rate of 43 children with multiple disabilities and visual impairments who had limited to no verbal language across seven months of classroom-based intervention using a standardized set of tangible symbols. Methods: The participants were introduced to tangible symbols on a daily…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Visual Impairments, Receptive Language, Individualized Education Programs
Promoting Ambulation Responses among Children with Multiple Disabilities through Walkers and Microswitches with Contingent Stimuli
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Oliva, Doretta; Smaldone, Angela; La Martire, Maria L.; Stasolla, Fabrizio; Castagnaro, Francesca; Groeneweg, Jop – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Children with severe or profound intellectual and motor disabilities often present problems of balance and ambulation and spend much of their time sitting or lying, with negative consequences for their development and social status. Recent research has shown the possibility of using a walker (support) device and microswitches with preferred…
Descriptors: Children, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Physical Activities
Using Behavioral Skills Training to Promote Safe and Correct Staff Guarding and Ambulation Distance of Students with Multiple Physical Disabilities
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Nabeyama, Bobby; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The study analyzed the effects of self-recording and behavioral skills training on guarding responses of 3 staff members while they assisted 3 students with multiple disabilities to ambulate. The intervention increased the percentage of correct posture and guarding responses and the distance that students ambulated. These effects generalized when…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Skill Development, Caregivers
Impact of Favorite Stimuli Automatically Delivered on Step Responses of Persons with Multiple Disabilities during Their Use of Walker Devices
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Campodonico, Francesca; Piazzolla, Giorgia; Scalini, Lorenza; Oliva, Doretta – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Favorite stimuli were automatically delivered contingent on the performance of steps by two persons (a boy and a woman) with multiple disabilities during their use of support walker devices. The study lasted about 4 months and was carried out according to a multiple baseline design across participants. Recording concerned the participants'…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Stimuli, Assistive Technology, Measures (Individuals)