NDLI: A Social Validation Assessment of Microswitch-Based Programs for Persons with Multiple Disabilities Employing Teacher Trainees and Parents as Raters

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Author	Lancioni, Giulio E. O’Reilly, Mark F. Singh, Nirbhay N. Groeneweg, Jop Bosco, Andrea Tota, Alessia Smaldone, Angela Stasolla, Fabrizio Manfredi, Francesco Baccani, Simona Pidala, Sara
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Social validation assessment of microswitch-based programs versus interaction/stimulation conditions for persons with multiple disabilities is a practically relevant research issue that was recently addressed (Lancioni et al., 2002, 2005a). The present study extended such validation assessment by involving a new group of students with multiple disabilities and two new groups of raters: one including teacher trainees and the other parents of children with disabilities. One hundred and forty teacher trainees and eighty-four parents watched videotapes showing the use of microswitch-based versus stimulation programs for seven students. All teacher trainees and parents scored the microswitch and the stimulation conditions on a 7-item questionnaire, the same as that used in previous studies. Data showed that both groups of raters rated the microswitch condition as more positive than the stimulation condition. These results strongly support those of the previous studies. Implications for use of microswitches with persons with profound and multiple disabilities seem unequivocal. Even so, caution needs to be used until additional replications across different cultural environments are carried out.
Starting Page	383
Ending Page	391
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1056263X
Journal	Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15733580
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	2006-09-27
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Pediatrics Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Child & School Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Developmental and Educational Psychology Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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