design paper

Enhancing Independent Task Performance for Individuals with Mental Retardation Through Use of a Handheld Self-Directed Visual and Audio Prompting System

ppt.

Method

• Study participants
• 10 volunteers with mental retardation
  
• Device design
• procedure
• Pizza box assembly
• software packing
• verbal overview & demonstration
• asked to complete the task two times
• w/ Visual assistant and w/o
• the order
• half begin with Visual assistant and half are not(Pizza box assembly)
• half begin without Visual assistant and half are not(software packing)
• to help the impact of the first task trial on performing the second task trial

The order part is a good way to lower the first time memory impact.