Self-management of instruction cues for occupation: review of studies with people with severe and profound developmental disabilities

Persons With Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Improve Activities and Mood via Instruction Technology

“…It might be that (a) engagement is preferable to nonengagement, (b) the ability to follow verbal instructions and manage the activity steps provides positive personal feelings and a level of self-confidence, and (c) successful activity performance rekindles a sense of social fitness and increases the level of wellbeing. [30][31][32]34,35 Fourth, the data collected in the studies showed mood improvement during the activity time. Nonetheless, one could not exclude that the improvement lasted beyond that time.…”

“…30,45 Extending the range of activities programmed would augment the opportunities of constructive occupation available for both women and men. 28,32 Regarding this point, one may add that the intervention strategy used in our studies and strategies such as computer-based pictorial instructions appear equally suitable for female and male patients. 29,30,32 The increase in indices of happiness observed during activity engagement can lead to several considerations.…”

“…With regard to the first objective, positive outcomes were hypothesized based on the (a) encouraging results of our previous efforts in this area, 29,30 (b) expected suitability of simple/short verbal instructions for persons with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease, 1,31 and (c) successful use of verbal instructions with persons with intellectual disabilities. 32,33 With regard to the second objective, generally positive outcomes were hypothesized based on the results of (a) studies helping patients with Alzheimer's disease engage in preferred activities 34 or exercise 9 and (b) studies promoting activity engagement with persons with intellectual and multiple disabilities. 35,36 Study I-Method Participants The participants, Janice and Nancy (pseudonyms), were 58 and 79 years, respectively, and were considered to function within the moderate range of Alzheimer's disease.…”

Using a Personal Digital Assistant to Increase Independent Task Completion by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Attention and retention demands of multi-step tasks may pose particular difficulties for students with ASD who are characterized as having difficulties shifting attention between auditory and visual stimuli and attending to salient features of task stimuli (Quill). Picture-based systems are one form of visual support that has been described in the research literature to be effective with students with ASD (Lancioni and O'Reilly 2001;Mechling 2007). Picturebased systems have successfully cued students with ASD to complete multi-step tasks including: daily living skills (Pierce and Schreibman 1994); transitions (Bryan and Gast 2000;Dettmer et al 2000;Schmit et al 2000); following a photographic schedule at home ; initiating and completing an activity following a photographic activity schedule ; and cooking related tasks (Mechling and Gustafson 2008).…”

Employment and Self-Management: A Meta-Evaluation of Seven Literature Reviews

“…We selected seven reviews of the selfmanagement literature that appeared in refereed publications (Browder & Shapiro, 1985;Harchik, Sherman, & Sheldon, 1992;Hughes & Agran, 1993;Lancioni & O'Reilly, 2001;Martin & Hrydowy, 1989;Rusch, 2011b;Storey, 2007). Based on results of this meta-evaluation, we provide recommendations for future reviews and possible areas of study.…”