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Giulio E Lancioni1, Mark F O'Reilly, Nirbhay N Singh
1Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. g.lancioni@psico.uniba.it
Objective:
Assessing the effectiveness of technology-aided programs to help three children with multiple disabilities exercise adaptive head or leg-foot and hands responses independently.
Method:
The response selected for the two children included in Study I was head rotation (i.e. movements of at least 25 degrees to the left that could start from a full right position as well as from other positions). The responses selected for the child included in Study II involved forward movement of the left leg-foot and forward movement of his hand(s) to touch objects. Tilt or optic microswitches were used to monitor the responses and a computer system regulated the stimuli contingent on them.
Results:
The responses targeted in the two studies showed large frequency increases during the intervention phases of the studies (i.e. when followed by stimulation).
Conclusion:
Technology-aided programs can be a useful resource to help children with multiple disabilities exercise relevant responses independently.
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