Step-Instruction Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Other Disabilities Perform Multistep Tasks: a Literature Review

Desideri, Lorenzo; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Malavasi, Massimiliano; Gherardini, Arianna; Cesario, Lisa

doi:10.1007/s10882-020-09781-7

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“…The results of both groups of studies were largely encouraging, showing that the use of technology to present instructions for the single steps of the activities to be carried out can have a positive impact on the participants' performance (as shown in [19]). Notwithstanding the overall apparent success of the technology in guiding the participants' activity performance, two issues may require to be addressed.…”

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“…According to the findings of a literature review in the area [19], in many studies, the participant was required to self-operate the device available (e.g., touch an icon on the device screen) in order to get each of the instructions for the activities programmed (e.g., to make a sandwich [20]). After managing to get an instruction, the participant was to carry out the activity step represented by that instruction; then, the participant was expected to operate the device again to get the following instruction and carry out the related step.…”

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“…After managing to get an instruction, the participant was to carry out the activity step represented by that instruction; then, the participant was expected to operate the device again to get the following instruction and carry out the related step. The process was repeated the same way for each of the remaining instructions and activity steps until the entire sequence was ended [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yet, this aspect would seem to be relevant and could be profitably included in a technology-aided intervention program. Second, the use of technology has been mostly limited to no more than three activities [19]. Yet, one could see the technology being employed for a variety of activities spread over the day so as to provide a practically relevant support to the participants' initiative and engagement.…”

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“…This instruction presentation strategy was thought to be advantageous compared to a strategy requiring the participant to provide an input (e.g., touch an icon) to receive any new instruction. In fact, the automatic presentation frees the participant from the burden of remembering to seek every single instruction and of possessing motor skills adequate for activating icons or scrolling on a smartphone screen [19].…”

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Evaluating a Low-Cost Technology to Enable People with Intellectual Disability or Psychiatric Disorders to Initiate and Perform Functional Daily Activities

Resta

Brunone²,

D’Amico³

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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People with intellectual disability or psychiatric disorders and cognitive dysfunctions may need assistive technology to maintain and improve their levels of functioning and independence. This study assessed a smartphone-based system to remind the user to initiate functional daily activities (e.g., setting a table for lunch) and perform them without the support of a caregiver. The system was evaluated through a non-concurrent multiple baseline design across two groups of participants. During the intervention sessions, the participants were provided with a system involving a Samsung Galaxy A3 smartphone fitted with the Easy Alarm YouTube application and audio files. The alarm served to remind the participant to carry out a planned activity. Following the reminder, the smartphone presented each of the step instructions preset for the activity. The data showed a statistically significant increase in the number of activities initiated independently from baseline to intervention for all participants. All participants also showed a significant increase in the number of activity steps correctly performed when supported by the smartphone. These results suggest that a low-cost system (i.e., smartphone) can be used to improve independence of people with intellectual disability or psychiatric disorders with cognitive dysfunctions.

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Evaluating a Low-Cost Technology to Enable People with Intellectual Disability or Psychiatric Disorders to Initiate and Perform Functional Daily Activities

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A smartphone-based program enabling people with intellectual and other disabilities to access leisure, communication, and functional activities

Lancioni

Singh

O’Reilly

et al. 2022

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Tying the Delivery of Activity Step Instructions to Step Performance: Evaluating a Basic Technology System with People with Special Needs

Lancioni

O’Reilly

Sigafoos

et al. 2021

Adv Neurodev Disord

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Objectives This study assessed a new technology system that automatically presented instructions for multistep activities to people with intellectual and sensory disabilities. The instructions were presented one at a time, and tied to the participants’ performance of the activity steps. That is, a new instruction occurred only after the participant had carried out the previous step. Methods The new system involved a Samsung Galaxy A10 with Android 10.0 operating system equipped with Amazon Alexa, MacroDroid, and Philips Hue applications and a Philips Hue indoor motion sensor. The assessment of the new system was carried out with seven participants who were exposed to two or three pairs of activities. They performed one activity of each pair with the new system and the other with a system presenting instructions at preset time intervals according to an alternating treatments design that included a cross-over phase. Results The mean percentage of correct responses tended to be higher with the new system than with the control system. Paired t-tests carried out to compare the sessions with the new system with the sessions with the control system of each participant showed that the differences in correct responses between the two sets of sessions were statistically significant for all participants. Conclusions The new system may represent a useful (advantageous) tool for supporting people like those involved in this study in the performance of multistep activities.

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Step-Instruction Technology to Help People with Intellectual and Other Disabilities Perform Multistep Tasks: a Literature Review

Cited by 31 publications

References 55 publications

Evaluating a Low-Cost Technology to Enable People with Intellectual Disability or Psychiatric Disorders to Initiate and Perform Functional Daily Activities

Evaluating a Low-Cost Technology to Enable People with Intellectual Disability or Psychiatric Disorders to Initiate and Perform Functional Daily Activities

A smartphone-based program enabling people with intellectual and other disabilities to access leisure, communication, and functional activities

Tying the Delivery of Activity Step Instructions to Step Performance: Evaluating a Basic Technology System with People with Special Needs

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