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Brief report: Building choice opportunities within a robot‐assisted occupational program: A case study
Author(s) -
Lancioni Giulio E.,
Bellini Domenico,
Oliva Doretta
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.2360080305
Subject(s) - psychology , occupational therapy , applied psychology , social psychology , medical education , medicine , psychiatry
Choice opportunities were built within an existing robot‐assisted occupational program. The new version of the program (with choice opportunities) was then employed with a low‐functioning, multiply handicapped man who had previously been trained in the old version of the same program (the one with no choice opportunities). The results have shown that the man responded “purposefully” to choice situations and maintained highly accurate activity engagement. The importance of providing choice opportunities to people with severe and multiple handicaps and the cost and benefits of the program used in this study are discussed.