Date of Award:
5-2015
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Department name when degree awarded
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Committee Chair(s)
Thomas Higbee
Committee
Thomas Higbee
Committee
Tyra Sellers
Committee
Kimberly Snow
Abstract
A visual activity schedule is a set of pictures or words that can be used to teach an individual with disabilities to complete a set of tasks. These schedules can help individuals with disabilities to become more independent and complete tasks appropriately. Children with autism often engage in behaviors that are repetitive or not appropriate when playing. Visual activity schedules have been used to teach a variety of skill and teach appropriate play. Typically, activity schedules are paper based; this study examines the use of an activity schedule taught on an iPad. This study included three young boys with a diagnosis of autism who were attending a university-based early intervention preschool. This study found that technology-based activity schedules are an effective way to teach play and the technology-based activity schedule was preferred for two of the three participants.
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Recommended Citation
Reinert, Kassidy Stuart, "An Evaluation of an iPad-Based Activity Schedule" (2015). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5002.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5002
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