title: A wireless object location detector enabling people with developmental disabilities to control environmental stimulation through simple occupational activities with Nintendo Wii Balance Boards.
abstract: The latest researches have adopted software technology, turning the Nintendo Wii Balance Board into a high performance standing location detector with a newly developed standing location detection program (SLDP). This study extended SLDP functionality to assess whether two people with developmental disabilities would be able to actively perform simple occupational activities by controlling their favorite environmental stimulation using Nintendo Wii Balance Boards and SLDP software. An ABAB design was adopted in this study to perform the tests. The test results showed that, during the intervention phases, both participants significantly increased their target response (i.e. simple occupational activity) to activate the control system to produce environmental stimulation. The practical and developmental implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 970, Taiwan, ROC. schee@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Ching-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Man-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D018910:Video Games; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*