Participants’ Views about Mobile Skill Teaching Software Developed for Parents of Individuals with Intellectual Disability

The software developed for parents of individuals with intellectual disability in the context of a project supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project Number: 110K545) offers educational supports, opportunities of communication with experts and other parents, behavior tracking system and multimedia content for teaching activities performed at home. It is important to investigate the views of parents about design, ease of use and efficacy of the software after they use it. The purpose of the research is to investigate the views of participants about the software developed for parents of individuals with intellectual disability. With this purpose in mind, a survey and an interview form were prepared. 107 participants were used the software and filled the survey form, and semi-structured interviews were performed with ten of them. Qualitative and Quantitative data were analyzed and it was found the participants had positive opinions about the software in terms of design, ease of use and efficacy. As a result it was thought that the software can make significant contributions to parents that they can teach daily living skills to individuals with intellectual disability and their computers, mobile devices and home environments can be turned into educational environment.