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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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Using a Personal Digital Assistant to Improve the Recording of HomeWork Assignments by an Adolescent With Asperger Syndrome

Brenda Smith Myles

Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence Disabilities, Special Education Department at the University of Kansas

Heather Ferguson

Department of Defense at Fort Benning, Georgia

Taku Hagiwara

Hokkaido University of Education in Asahikawa, Japan

The purpose of this study Was to determine Whether the use of a personal digital assistant (PDA) Would facilitate the recording of homeWork by an adolescent boy With Asperger syndrome (AS). A multiple-baseline-across-settings design Was used in the student's history, English, and science classes to determine the accuracy With Which he recorded (a) the subject in Which the homeWork Was assigned, (b) the date the assignment Was due, and (c) qualifying details of the assignment (e.g., problem numbers, chapter questions). Results of the study revealed a marked increase in recording of homeWork assignments from baseline to intervention phases.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 22, No. 2, 96-99 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/10883576070220021001
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