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Assistive technologies for children with cognitive and/or motor disabilities: a diagnosis of the training needs of informal caregivers
| dc.contributor.author | Almeida, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ribeiro, Jaime | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moreira, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-18T18:42:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-18T18:42:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Assistive technologies promote communication, personal independence as well as the inclusion of children with cognitive or motor disabilities. Despite the human and material resources available, the implementation of assistive technologies in many family settings is still a struggling task. With the present study we seek to survey information and training needs of informal caregivers related to the use ofassistive technologies at home, so as to, in the near future, try to meet them. Therefore, we are conducting a focus group on that topic with therapists, special education teachers and an educational psychologist and analyzing the content of the discussion. The data gives a perspective on (i) how thorough informal caregivers' knowledge of what assistive technologies and their advantages are, (ii) difficulties reported by informal caregivers when using them with their children, (iii) reasons that may lead them to the abandonment of assistive technology devices, (iv) how they can develop their skills and use the technology more effectively and (v) how information on assistive technologies can be made available to them. Therefore, the full aim of this research is to contribute to reducing technology abandonment and to enhancing its use in the family setting by children with cognitive and/or motor limitations. Some preliminary results are put forward. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by CIDTFF (Research Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers) and received funding support through the Doctoral Programme Technology Enhanced Learning and Societal Challenges (PD/00173/2013), from FCT (Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia), under research grant PD/BD/143054/2018. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Carmo Rodrigues Almeida, I., Ribeiro, J., & Moreira, A. (2021). Assistive technologies for children with cognitive and/or motor disabilities: interviews as a means to diagnose the training needs of informal caregivers. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 16(3), 340–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2019.1680750 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.23919/mipro.2019.8756893 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-953233098-4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15916 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | IEEE | |
| dc.relation | PD/BD/143054/2018 | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17483107.2019.1680750 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO) | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Assistive technologies | |
| dc.subject | cognitive and motor disabilities | |
| dc.subject | informal caregivers | |
| dc.subject | family setting | |
| dc.subject | interviews | |
| dc.title | Assistive technologies for children with cognitive and/or motor disabilities: a diagnosis of the training needs of informal caregivers | eng |
| dc.type | conference paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardNumber | PD/BD/143054/2018 | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//PD%2FBD%2F143054%2F2018/PT | |
| oaire.citation.conferenceDate | 2019 | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Croácia | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 349 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 340 | |
| oaire.citation.title | 2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics, MIPRO 2019 - Proceedings | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Ribeiro | |
| person.givenName | Jaime | |
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| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-1548-5579 | |
| person.identifier.rid | F-1706-2015 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 55432224100 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
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