The effectiveness of a video feedback and self-management package was assessed with various inappropriate behaviors exhibited by six youth with mild mental retardation. The procedure consisted of (a) videotaping participants' inappropriate behavior, (b) having them self-monitor and record their behavior, (c) prompting them to evaluate their behavior against a criterion, and (d) allowing to rein...

Conspecific brood parasitism occurs in many songbird species but has not been reported in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia). In three separate study areas where breeding Song Sparrows experience heavy nest predation pressure and Brownheaded Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism, we observed six instances in which newly laid eggs were attributable to female Song Sparrows other than the nest owners...

This paper presents the framework of our intelligent video production, which has functions for multimodal data acquisition, accumulation to a database, and intelligent video editing. Since multimodal approach is most e ective and promising for semi-/automatic video production, we rst developed a prototype of multimodal acquisition system and database in which human behaviors are recorded in a m...

The effects of neurodevelopmental treatment on reaching in children with spastic quadriplegia were studied using a method of analysis to quantify the qualitative term "smoothness." Hand position in three-dimensional space was recorded during a simple reaching task using the WATSMART (Waterloo Spatial Motion Analysis and Recording Technique) system in conjunction with videotaping. The number of ...

Because play is extremely sensitive to environmental conditions, extended hospitalization may have adverse effects on normal play development in young children. This study compared the playfulness, as well as the level of play development, of three 2-year-old children who had been hospitalized most of their lives for tracheostomies, and three 2-year-olds living at home. Data on the children's p...

The goal of this project was to examine the difficulties manual wheelchair users experience in office activities and ascertain whether such problems may be due to poor relationships between the equipment and the users. Sixty adult manual wheelchair users completed a questionnaire about problems encountered in office activities. Filing and writing were the most problematic activities for this gr...

The problems associated with assessments of children’s reports of victimization in criminal proceedings came to national attention during the 1980s and 1990s in a series of highly publicized trials of daycare staff. In the McMartin Preschool case, more than 350 children claimed to have been molested at the preschool and a number of public locations including a market, a car wash, and a church. ...

Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 2007, pages 151–158 Abstract: Video self-modeling (VSM) is a relatively new technique for modifying and training behaviors and has accumulated a relatively impressive track record in the research literature. Using only positive examples, VSM gives persons the opportunity to view themselves performing a task just beyond their present functioning level via creative edit...

Abstract Technology-enhanced Reciprocal Peer Tutoring (RPT) was carried out with Finnish, nine to ten year-old primary school students (N=40). The RPT as a method of paired mathematics placed specific emphasis on electrical mathematical writing and drawing. Little is known about the important area implementing digital skills at level. contribution this study address research gap in Technologica...