Intra-Family Mediated Awareness

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Vassilis-Javed Khan ◽  
Panos Markopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Web Surveys ◽  
Working Parents ◽  
Pervasive Technology ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Peripheral Awareness ◽  
Intra Family

The research presented examines how pervasive technology can support intra-family communication, supporting existing practices and complimenting them by addressing communication needs currently unmet by current communication media like mobile phones, social networking systems, and so forth. Specifically the investigation focused on busy families, understood here to be families with two working parents and at least one child sharing the same roof. The class of technologies the authors consider are awareness systems, defined as communication systems that support individuals to maintain, with low effort, a peripheral awareness of each other’s activities and whereabouts. This research combined a variety of research methods including interviews, web surveys, experience sampling, and field testing of functional prototypes of mobile awareness systems. It also involved the development of several applications, which were either seen as research tools in support of the methods applied or as prototypes of awareness systems that embody some of the envisioned characteristics of this emerging class of technologies. The contribution of this research is along two main dimensions. First in identifying intra-family communication needs that drive the adoption of awareness systems and second in providing directions for the design of such systems.

Thoughts on Grammar Intervention in AAC

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Fey
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Physical Limitations ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Communication Interventions ◽  
Planning Intervention

Abstract In this article, I propose that, for several reasons, grammar should be an early focus of communication interventions for young children using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The basic goals for such programs should be to facilitate the child's comprehension of the language of the community, or the target language, thus leading the way to literacy, and to foster the child's use of symbol combinations that mirror the grammatical patterns of speaking children acquiring the target language, even if they cannot be fully grammatically complete. I introduce five principles that underlie most successful approaches to grammar interventions with children with specific language impairment. My initial attempts to apply these principles to interventions with children with complex communication needs indicate that they may be of considerable value to clinicians planning intervention programs. On the other hand, the challenges posed by the intellectual and physical limitations of many AAC users and their communication systems make it necessary to modify at least Principle 5 if the basic goals of intervention are to be met.

Review of Administration Procedures Used to Assess the Motor Skills of Deaf Children and Youth

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Stewart ◽  
Gail M. Dummer ◽  
John L. Haubenstricker
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
General Consensus ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Willingness To Use

Administration procedures reported in studies on the motor skills of deaf children and youth are reviewed. There was general consensus among these studies that modification of administration procedures is necessary. However, the effect of instructional modifications on the validity and reliability of motor skill tests was never addressed. Furthermore, there is a range of communication systems used in the education of the deaf that complicates administration procedures. Implications for future studies include a call for researchers to become more aware of the communication needs of their deaf subjects and a willingness to use experts familiar with the linguistic and communication needs of a particular group of deaf subjects to help design and administer motor skill tests.

Guidelines for Teaching Speech-Language Pathologists About the AAC Assessment Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Iris Fishman
Keyword(s):  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Feature Matching ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Team Process ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Although students may not become augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) clinical specialists, they often will work with individuals demonstrating complex communication needs who benefit from AAC. This necessitates knowledge of some basic principles of assessment including AAC assessment as a team process involving planning and implementing interventions for current and future communication needs; the inclusion of no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech communication systems; and assessing communication needs with partners in the individual's social network. The assessment also must include a capability profile and feature matching to select the appropriate components of the AAC system. Because the system we provide for today will become the system we use tomorrow, assessment must be considered an ongoing process throughout the lifespan of the individual.

scholarly journals Secure Text Messaging in Healthcare: Latent Threats and Opportunities to Improve Patient Safety

10.12788/3305 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 378-380
Author(s):  
Philip A Hagedorn ◽  
Amit Singh ◽  
Brooke Luo ◽  
Christopher Bonafide ◽  
Jeffrey M Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Healthcare Teams ◽  
The Past ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Improve Patient

Over the past two decades, physicians and nurses practicing in hospital settings have faced an onslaught of challenges in communication, an area frequently cited as critical to providing safe and effective care to patients.1-3 Communication needs have increased significantly as hospitalized patients have become more acute, complex, and technology-dependent, requiring larger healthcare teams comprising subspecialists across multiple disciplines spread across increasingly larger inpatient facilities.4 During this same period, the evolution of mobile phones has led to dramatic shifts in personal communication patterns, with asynchronous text messaging replacing verbal communication.5-7

Sampling and Reconstructing User Experience

2013 ◽  
pp. 225-245
Author(s):  
Panos Markopoulos ◽  
Vassilis-Javed Khan
Keyword(s):  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Working Parents ◽  
Diary Method ◽  
User Attitudes ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Sampling And Reconstruction

The Experience Sampling and Reconstruction Method (ESRM) is a research method suitable for user studies conducted in situ that is needed for the design and evaluation of ambient intelligence technologies. ESRM is a diary method supported by a distributed application, Reconexp, which runs on a mobile device and a website, enabling surveying user attitudes, experiences, and requirements in field studies. ESRM combines aspects of the Experience Sampling Method and the Day Reconstruction Method aiming to reduce data loss, improve data quality, and reduce burden put upon participants. The authors present a case study of using this method in the context of a study of communication needs of working parents with young children. Requirements for future developments of the tool and the method are discussed.

Similarity awareness: Using context sensing to support connectedness in intra-family communication

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 425-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavan Dadlani ◽  
Panos Markopoulos ◽  
Daan van Bel ◽  
Karin Smolders ◽  
Marten Pijl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Intra Family

Interactions of Communication Partners and Students who are Deaf-Blind: A Model

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 391-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Wolff Heller ◽  
P.A. Alberto ◽  
J. Bowdin
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Communication Partners ◽  
Communication Needs

This article examines various forms of communication systems for their “partner friendliness” and presents a model of different types of communication partners and their communication needs. Case samples illustrate how the forms of communication of two students who are deaf-blind were expanded to promote greater communication with a variety of partners in different settings.

scholarly journals Sixth Generation (6G) Wireless Networks: Vision, Research Activities, Challenges and Potential Solutions

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed H. Alsharif ◽  
Anabi Hilary Kelechi ◽  
Mahmoud A. Albreem ◽  
Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry ◽  
M. Sultan Zia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Sixth Generation ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Communication Needs

The standardization activities of the fifth generation communications are clearly over and deployment has commenced globally. To sustain the competitive edge of wireless networks, industrial and academia synergy have begun to conceptualize the next generation of wireless communication systems (namely, sixth generation, (6G)) aimed at laying the foundation for the stratification of the communication needs of the 2030s. In support of this vision, this study highlights the most promising lines of research from the recent literature in common directions for the 6G project. Its core contribution involves exploring the critical issues and key potential features of 6G communications, including: (i) vision and key features; (ii) challenges and potential solutions; and (iii) research activities. These controversial research topics were profoundly examined in relation to the motivation of their various sub-domains to achieve a precise, concrete, and concise conclusion. Thus, this article will contribute significantly to opening new horizons for future research directions.

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