Time orientation technologies in special education

Guillomía, Miguel Ángel ; Falcó, José Luis (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Artigas, José Ignacio (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; García Camino, Mercedes

Resumen: A device to train children in time orientation has been designed, developed and evaluated. It is framed within a long-term cooperation action between university and special education school. It uses a specific cognitive accessible time display: Time left in the day is represented by a row of luminous elements initially on. Time passing is represented by turning off sequentially and gradually each luminous element every 15 min. Agenda is displayed relating time to tasks with standard pictograms for further accessibility. Notifications of tasks-to-come both for management support and anticipation to changes uses visual and auditory information. Agenda can be described in an Alternative and Augmentative Communication pictogram language already used by children, supporting individual and class activities on agenda. Validation has been performed with 16 children in 12 classrooms of four special education schools. Methodology for evaluation compares both prior and posterior assessments which are based in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) from the World Health Organization (WHO), together with observation registers. Results show consistent improvement in performances related with time orientation.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/s19112571

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Sensors (Switzerland) 19, 11 (2019), [22 pp.]
ISSN: 1424-8220

Factor impacto JCR: 3.275 (2019)

Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL rank: 22 / 86 = 0.256 (2019) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION rank: 15 / 64 = 0.234 (2019) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 77 / 266 = 0.289 (2019) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.653 - Instrumentation (Q1) - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q2) - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2) - Information Systems (Q2) - Analytical Chemistry (Q2) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q2) - Biochemistry (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/284229
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/284296
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP6/035147/EU/Mainstreaming on ambient intelligence/MONAMI
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HS/1002/EU/Safety Call and Location of Elderly and Disabled People/SCALP
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICYT/CENIT2007/0185

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Tecnología Electrónica (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)