Mechling Computers and Communications

Solo Folklore
Western Folklore; 10/1/2006; 7659 words; ...could be found in the high-context communications between a human animal and her nonhuman...animal, and I ended that essay (Mechling 1989) with the claim that we might...something strongly resembling folk communication with inanimate objects, including...temperamental lawnmowers, and the computers ...

Comparison of the effects of three approaches on the frequency of stimulus activations, via a single switch, by students with profound intellectual disabilities.
Journal of Special Education; 6/22/2006; 7941 words; ...when using individualized computer-based video programs...alternative and augmentative communication devices, and environmental...voice output, operating as a communication device, can enable participation...of commercially developed computer software programs are available...

Computer-based video instruction to teach the use of augmentative and alternative communication devices for ordering at fast-food restaurants.
Journal of Special Education; 1/1/2006; 9249 words; ...here, the authors used computer-based video instruction...augmentative, alternative communication device. The study employed...including grocery shopping (Mechling, 2004; Mechling & Gast, 2003; Mechling, Gast, & Langone...

The Effect of Instructor-created Video Programs to Teach Students with Disabilities: A Literature Review
Journal of Special Education Technology; 4/1/2005; 10280 words; ...the effects of multimedia, computer-based programs with interactive...disabilities including: social communication, grocery shopping, transitioning...modeling, multi-media, computer-based instruction, and computer-based, video instruction...

Emerging Technologies and Cognitive Disability
Journal of Special Education Technology; 10/1/2004; 6780 words; ...communication, and computer access. Technologies...meet their future communication needs" (Mirenda...benefit enough from communication devices to justify...Basili, 2001; Mechling, Gast, &...augmentative and alternative communication or a switch to control...science, engineering, ...