Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Among the Giants
"Among the Giants" is a short documentary film focusing on the Adaptive Design Association (ADA) Inc., a nonprofit organization that builds customized equipment and furniture (mainly from cardboard) for people with disabilities.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Nominate your caregiver for a "Heroes in the Home" award
Nominate any caregiver for the excellent care they provide to you in SouthWestern Ontario -- a family member, friend, community volunteer, support worker, nurse, therapist, etc.
visit http://www.thehealthline.ca/libraryContent.aspx?id=226
visit http://www.thehealthline.ca/libraryContent.aspx?id=226
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Adapted Clothing
Summer vacation is over and the kids are headed back to school. If you are looking for adapted clothing, you may want to visit:
http://www.izadaptive.com/ for women
http://www.minimiracles.ca/ for kids
If you know of any other companies online, let me know.
I'd like to add them to our list of links.
http://www.izadaptive.com/ for women
http://www.minimiracles.ca/ for kids
If you know of any other companies online, let me know.
I'd like to add them to our list of links.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Most requested article for August
I provide journal articles for our staff at TVCC. This month, the abstract of the article that was requested the most is:
Using Social Stories and Visual Schedules to Improve Socially Appropriate Behaviors in Children With Autism
Naomi Schneider and Howard Goldstein
Autism the International Journal of Research and Practice v14#4 2010
The current study investigated the effects of Social Stories written according to Gray’s specifications on on-task behavior in inclusive classroom settings in three children with autism. Using a multiple-baseline design across participants, modest improvements in on-task behavior were associated with implementation of an auditory-visual Social Story intervention. In follow-up analysis, the Social Story was replaced with a visual schedule component to augment the effects of Social Stories when there was room for improvement for one participant. Further improvement in on-task behavior indicates that strategies such as visual schedules may be an effective way to augment the effects of Social Stories. An effect size estimate calculated using Parker et al.’s percentage of all nonoverlapping data points procedure revealed a large effect (d = 1.33) associated with Social Stories alone, which increased (d = 1.7) when the visual schedule intervention applied to one participant was added to the analysis. Although Social Stories produced improvements in on-task behavior in children with autism, additional components, such as visual schedules, may be useful for optimizing performance.
Using Social Stories and Visual Schedules to Improve Socially Appropriate Behaviors in Children With Autism
Naomi Schneider and Howard Goldstein
Autism the International Journal of Research and Practice v14#4 2010
The current study investigated the effects of Social Stories written according to Gray’s specifications on on-task behavior in inclusive classroom settings in three children with autism. Using a multiple-baseline design across participants, modest improvements in on-task behavior were associated with implementation of an auditory-visual Social Story intervention. In follow-up analysis, the Social Story was replaced with a visual schedule component to augment the effects of Social Stories when there was room for improvement for one participant. Further improvement in on-task behavior indicates that strategies such as visual schedules may be an effective way to augment the effects of Social Stories. An effect size estimate calculated using Parker et al.’s percentage of all nonoverlapping data points procedure revealed a large effect (d = 1.33) associated with Social Stories alone, which increased (d = 1.7) when the visual schedule intervention applied to one participant was added to the analysis. Although Social Stories produced improvements in on-task behavior in children with autism, additional components, such as visual schedules, may be useful for optimizing performance.
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