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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2017

AAL Platform with a "De Facto" Standard Communication Interface (TICO): Training in Home Control in Special Education.

Miguel A Guillomía San Bartolomé, Jorge L Falcó Boudet, José Ignacio Artigas Maestre, Ana Sánchez Agustín

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Time Orientation Technologies in Special Education.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Miguel A Guillomía San BartoloméIngeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. 601084@unizar.es.
Jorge L Falcó BoudetIngeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. jfalco@unizar.es.ORCID 0000-0003-4005-9552
José Ignacio Artigas MaestreIngeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. jiartigas@unizar.es.
Ana Sánchez AgustínAlborada Special Education School, Andador Pilar Cuartero sn, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. asanchezag@educa.aragon.es.
Universidad de Zaragoza · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Framed within a long-term cooperation between university and special education teachers, training in alternative communication skills and home control was realized using the "TICO" interface, a communication panel editor extensively used in special education schools. From a technological view we follow AAL technology trends by integrating a successful interface in a heterogeneous services AAL platform, focusing on a functional view. Educationally, a very flexible interface in line with communication training allows dynamic adjustment of complexity, enhanced by an accessible mindset and virtual elements significance already in use, offers specific interaction feedback, adapts to the evolving needs and capacities and improves the personal autonomy and self-confidence of children at school and home. TICO-home-control was installed during the last school year in the library of a special education school to study adaptations and training strategies to enhance the autonomy opportunities of its pupils. The methodology involved a case study and structured and semi-structured observations. Five children, considered unable to use commercial home control systems were trained obtaining good results in enabling them to use an open home control system. Moreover this AAL platform has proved efficient in training children in previous cognitive steps like virtual representation and cause-effect interaction.

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accessible interfacesAmbient Assisted Living (AAL)assistive technologycollaborative designhuman/system interactionspersonal autonomyservices provisionspecial education

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PMID29023383
PMCPMC5677399
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