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This project will develop the iPrompt software, for use with iphones and ipdads. Teachers will employ the tool with flexible and unobtrusive strategies to support students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The main features of the iprompt are the Video Modeling Library and the Community Media Library, a teacher’s professional development manual, and video Modules to support teacher use of the ...

The Volunteer, Employment, and Internship Web Solutions project will produce a web-based services that provide students with employment, volunteer, and internship opportunities to prevent students from dropping out of school. The website will connect students to local businesses and civic organizations. The intervention will include teacher professional development and support. Phase I work will d ...

This project produces a new, accessible, web-based I Can Work application that enhances community participation and independent living for individuals with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities who are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) often need to work to supplement their disability benefits. Increases in earned income ...

An interactive application that employs social interactions to teach key social conventions, including appropriate responses, reacting to body language and facial expressions, and the ability to ask for help to facilitate functioning in society

The objective of the proposed program is to develop a portable, low-cost, label-free (reagentless), microarray system capable of near real-time simultaneous detection and identification of multiple analytes (bacteria, viruses, spores, toxins) with high sensitivity and low false alarm rate. Notably, the system will be capable of detection/identification of agents on the basis of protein and/or nuc ...

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THIS PROPOSAL DETAILS THE PLANNING PHASE OF A STUDY OF MODEL POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE TRANSITION OF HANDICAPPED STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL TO WORK. THEPLANNING PHASE WILL INVOLVE A LITERATURE REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS, FORMATION OF AND CONSULTATION WITH AN ADVISORY PANEL, SITE SELECTION, CASE STUDY PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, PRELIMINARY CASE STUDIES, AND A FINAL REPORT. THE LITERATURE REVIEW ...

A PROPOSAL IS PRESENTED HEREIN TO INITIATE AN ANALYTIC STUDY OF THE FLOW FIELD RESULTING FROM THE INTERACTION OF AN UNSTEADY SHOCK WAVE WITH THE GROUND AND ABOVE GROUND STRUCTURES. THE LONG TERM GOAL OF THIS ANALYSIS WILL BE TWOFOLD, (1) PREDICT THE PRESSURE PULSE ON STRUCTURES AND (2) PREDICT THE FLOW FIELD DUE TO THE PROPAGATION OF A SHOCK WAVE ALONG THE GROUND AND THE RESULTANT DUST ENTRAINMENT ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIMITED TEACHER-AUTHORING USING INTERACTIVE LASER VIDEODISCS OPERATING WITH A MICROCOMPUTER TO TEACH EFL AT THE ENTRY LEVEL. THE APPLICATION WILL BE IN A PRE-EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL CONTEXT, SIMILAR TO JOB CLUB ENVIRONMENTS. TEACHER-AUTHORING IN PHASE I WILL BE LIMITED TO POST-TREATMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS. PHASE I EQUIPMENT WILL ...