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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

MANY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY BENEFITTING FROM THEFIELD OF THERAPY CALLED THERAPEUTIC RECREATION. EVERY MAJORREHABILITATION CENTER HAS A SEPARATE AND GROWING RECREATION THERAPY DEPARTMENT AS THIS FIELD OF THERAPY GAINS RECOGNI- HAVE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING SUCH EQUIPMENT IS PERSONALLY UNDERSTOOD BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, WHO WAS PARALYZED ...

THE PROPOSED WORK PROVIDES AN INTEGRATION OF THE ELECTRONIC DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED THROUGH THE U.S. ARMY RESEARCHINSTITUTE FOR THE ARMY'S BASIC SKILLS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND THE NEEDS OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN ADULT LITERACY/ BASIC SKILLS EDUCATION. TESTED CONCEPTS USED IN THE HAND- HELD TUTOR THAT HAVE PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN THE TEACHING OF SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY TO SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY ...

Development of a proof of concept prototype to offer automated DAISY production to audio book producers, and enable them to produce inexpensively fully synchronized text and audio books

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BPA HAS IDENTIFIED THREE POTENTIAL AUDIENCES FOR RESPITE GUIDE MATERIALS:1)THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY 2)RESPITE PROVIDERS, AND 3) REFERRAL SOURCES. IN THIS PROJ- ECT, WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE THE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT NEEDS OF THESE THREE GROUPS. WE'LL CLASSIFY THE MODELS OF RESPITE SERVICE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE, FOCUSING PARTICULAR LY ON EFFECTIVE AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES. THROU ...

PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH ABILITIES AND LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH MAINSTREAM CULTURE WOULD BENEFIT FROM TRAINING IN THE PRACTICAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN JOBS. THE ACTIVE CLIENT PARTICIPATION FOUND NECESSARY IN JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN A COMFORTABLE ANDEFFECTIVE MANNER BY THE USE OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A USER-FRIEND ...

DawnSignPress WILL DEVELOP A TWO LANGUAGE, FULLY RELATIONAL, DATABASE FOR AMERICAN SIGN LanguagE (ASL) AND ENGLISH. THE PHASE I DATABASE WILL BE BUILT USING THE MICROSOFT FOXPRO FOR WINDOWS PROGRAM WITH STANDARD .DBF DATA TABLES LINKED THROUGH WINDOWS OLE LINKS TO DIGITAL GRAPHIC, SOUND, AND VIDEO FILES. THIS APPROACH WILL PROVIDE FOR MAINTAINING TRADITIONAL TEXT, GRAPHICS, VIDEO CLIPS, AND SOUN ...

PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION FOR DISABLED STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACEMENTS IS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS FOR EDUCATORS AND THUS COSTLY. COMPUTERIZED AND INTERACTIVEVIDEODISK EDUCATIONAL FORMATS MAY NOT BE READILY CUSTOMIZED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. HOWEVER, COMMONLY-AVAILABLE IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND HAND-HELD CAMCORDERS ARE TOOLS AVAIL ABLE IN MOST SCHOOLS. IF A PERSONAL COMPUTE ...

TALKING WITH CHILDREN ADDRESSES A SUBSTANTIAL NEED FOR INNOVATIVE TRAINING STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE THE COMPETENCE OF TEACHER AIDES (TA'S) IN STRATEGIES KNOWN TO PROMOTE LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION IN STUDENTS (K-3) WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP). PHASE I. OBJECTIVES FOR TALKING WITH CHILDREN ARE TO PRODUCE: AN ANNOTATED CURRICU ...