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Assistive technologies for children with cognitive and/or motor disabilities: interviews as a means to diagnose the training needs of informal caregivers

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Outras Ciências Médicas
datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Médica
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Ivone Carmo Rodrigues
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorMoreira, António
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-02T15:50:04Z
dc.date.available2026-06-02T15:50:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-05
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The present study seeks to survey information and training needs of informal caregivers related to the use of assistive technologies at home, so as to, in the near future, try to meet them. Therefore, the full aim of this study is to contribute to reducing technology abandonment and to enhancing its use in the family setting by children with cognitive and/or motor limitations. Materials and methods: Content analysis of a set of ten interviews with informal caregivers of children and youngsters with cognitive and/or motor disabilities. Results: Assistive technologies open a wide range of opportunities, mostly to students whose learning skills diverge from standard development. They promote communication, independence as well as inclusion of children with cognitive and/or motor disabilities. Despite the human and material resources available, the implementation of assistive technologies in many family settings is still a struggling task. The results reveal a perspective on (i) the interaction between those caregivers and their children, (ii) children’s skills in using assistive technology, (iii) caregivers’ digital literacy and (iv) their training needs. Conclusions: The present paper highlights the fact that carrying out interviews with informal caregivers leads to obtaining significant data for a diagnosis of the use of assistive technologies in the family setting and to assess the needs of informal caregivers. From this study, the need to provide caregivers with further training on assistive technologies emerges as preponderant, and to improve caregivers’ skills in the search for and access to practical information.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis 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 (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), under research grant PD/BD/143054/2018.
dc.identifier.citationCarmo 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.doi10.1080/17483107.2019.1680750
dc.identifier.eissn1748-3115
dc.identifier.issn1748-3107
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/16374
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.relationTecnologias de Apoio para limitações cognitivo-motoras em contexto famliar: plano de formação para cuidadores informais.
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17483107.2019.1680750
dc.relation.ispartofDisability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAssistive technologies
dc.subjectcognitive and motor disabilities
dc.subjectinformal caregivers
dc.subjectfamily setting
dc.subjectinterviews
dc.titleAssistive technologies for children with cognitive and/or motor disabilities: interviews as a means to diagnose the training needs of informal caregiverseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardNumberPD/BD/143054/2018
oaire.awardTitleTecnologias de Apoio para limitações cognitivo-motoras em contexto famliar: plano de formação para cuidadores informais.
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oaire.citation.endPage349
oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.startPage340
oaire.citation.titleDisability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
oaire.citation.volume16
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