title: A finger-pressing position detector for assisting people with developmental disabilities to control their environmental stimulation through fine motor activities with a standard keyboard.
abstract: This study used a standard keyboard with a newly developed finger-pressing position detection program (FPPDP), i.e. a new software program, which turns a standard keyboard into a finger-pressing position detector, to evaluate whether two people with developmental disabilities would be able to actively perform fine motor activities to control their preferred environmental stimulation. An ABAB design was adopted in this study. The data showed that both participants' target responses (i.e. fine motor activities) significantly increased (i.e. they performed more fine motor activities to activate the environmental stimulation) during the intervention phases. 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
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004777:Environment; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D012985:Software Design; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation