Systems of support for persons with complex communication needs

Author

Stancic, Z. ; Frey Skrinjar, J.J. ; Car, Z. ; Vlahovic Stetic, V. ; Pibernik, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inclusive Educ. & rehabilitation, Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

fYear

2013

fDate

20-24 May 2013

Firstpage

700

Lastpage

704

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the results of multidisciplinary cooperation of university scientists in the field of electronic engineering and computer science, education and rehabilitation science, psychology and graphic technology, focused on developing assistive technology for persons with complex communication needs. Based on the needs of participants with complex communication needs and final results of project, several services were developed: Body of Knowledge and three applications for ipad such as “Communicator” for users to establish communication, “Mathematical carousel” for learning basic mathematical operations and “e-Gallery” to improve the development of communication skills and skills for sentence ordering and short story telling.

Keywords

assisted living; learning (artificial intelligence); teaching; assistive technology; body of knowledge; communication skills; communicator; complex communication needs; computer science; e-gallery; education; electronic engineering; graphic technology; ipad; mathematical carousel; mathematical operations; multidisciplinary cooperation; psychology; rehabilitation science; sentence ordering; short story telling; university scientists; Art; Communications technology; Computational modeling; Educational institutions; Psychology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information & Communication Technology Electronics & Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2013 36th International Convention on

Conference_Location

Opatija

Print_ISBN

978-953-233-076-2

Type

conf

Filename

6596348