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<p>The manuscript reports a case study of a design-based research effort to create an app that promotes body awareness among students with visual impairments (VIs) and additional disabilities. Since 2012, a multidisciplinary team has been developing and testing an app called “Body Awareness through Movement and Music,” designed to help children with VIs and additional disabilities improve their body awareness. The app is embedded with features grounded in structured movement routine (SMR) theory. The research effort examines whether a well-designed, intuitive user interface can support improved body awareness of students with VIs and multiple disabilities when used within the itinerant teaching model. A prototype of the app was presented at an international conference where attendees reacted positively to the possibility of using the tool to support body awareness. The prototype was used in a case study with one participant through a multi-sensory approach, with consistency and repetition. Initial findings indicate use of the app provided a SMR that enabled the participant to exhibit appropriate behavior.Keywords</p>
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The manuscript reports a case study of a design-based research effort to create an app that promotes body awareness among students with visual impairments (VIs) and additional disabilities. Since 2012, a multidisciplinary team has been developing and testing an app called “Body Awareness through Movement and Music,” designed to help children with VIs and additional disabilities improve their body awareness. The app is embedded with features grounded in structured movement routine (SMR) theory. The research effort examines whether a well-designed, intuitive user interface can support improved body awareness of students with VIs and multiple disabilities when used within the itinerant teaching model. A prototype of the app was presented at an international conference where attendees reacted positively to the possibility of using the tool to support body awareness. The prototype was used in a case study with one participant through a multi-sensory approach, with consistency and repetition. Initial findings indicate use of the app provided a SMR that enabled the participant to exhibit appropriate behavior.Keywords

The Development of an Application that supports Body Awareness for Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities

Vision Rehabilitation International

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The manuscript reports a case study of a design-based research effort to create an app that promotes body awareness among students with visual impairments...

The Development of an Application that supports Body Awareness for Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities

Article Category: Health Care Sciences & Services

Published Online: Jan 01, 2019

Page range: 1 - 8

Received: Apr 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijom-2019-005

Keywords
Body awareness, Visual impairment, Movement routines, Multiple disabilities, Music and movement

© 2019 Vicki Depountis1, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Development of an Application that supports Body Awareness for Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities

Article Category: Health Care Sciences & Services

Published Online: Jan 01, 2019

Page range: 1 - 8

Received: Apr 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijom-2019-005

KeywordsBody awareness, Visual impairment, Movement routines, Multiple disabilities, Music and movement

© 2019 Vicki Depountis1, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Body awareness, Visual impairment, Movement routines, Multiple disabilities, Music and movement