Concetta Damato’s research while affiliated with University of Bari Aldo Moro and other places

... Caregivers were involved in 29% of articles (n = 38) reporting social validity. Natural service providers participated in social validity assessments in 22% of articles (n = 29) while other populations such as external raters (e.g., physiotherapists; Stasolla et al., 2017) were reported in 17% of articles (n = 22). However, only two articles measured social validity from interventionists who were researchers that implemented interventions. ...

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A preliminary review of social validity assessments in applied behavior analysis research and practice

... Stasolla et al. [29] Six participants with ASD and Intellectual Disabilities (ID) Improved the adaptive behavior to promote more functional and socially appropriate behaviors while mitigating self-injurious or disruptive actions. ...

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Using Technologies to Promote Adaptive Responding and Reduce Challenging Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Selective Review

... Else, they could resort on literacy for freely writing down their personal needs and collecting tokens to be switched on a correspondent primary reinforcement at the end of the day. Future research should combine both solutions (i.e., request/ choice and literacy) in a unique experimental design, at least for individuals who have an adequate level of intellectual functioning [67][68][69]. ...

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Assistive technology for promoting adaptive skills of children with cerebral palsy: ten cases evaluation

... Reasonably, being constructively engaged and positively occupied prevented them from exhibiting selfstimulation. [73][74][75][76] One could argue that they redirected their activities and replaced the stereotypic behaviors with constructive engagement and functional involvement (i.e., the adaptive responding of sorting objects); however, the current study was not designed to elucidate the behavioral mechanism underlying reduction in stereotypy. ...

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Experimental Examination and Social Validation of a Microswitch Intervention to Improve Choice-Making and Activity Engagement for Six Girls with Rett Syndrome

... Emerging studies have begun exploring the application of VR in motor rehabilitation for RTT patients. Stasolla et al. [18][19][20] used sensor-based systems to encourage behavioral learning in RTT, allowing patients to initiate activities such as playing videos or music through specific movements, reinforced by positive feedback. These studies demonstrated increases in accurate responses, suggesting that RTT patients can engage with and benefit from technology-driven interventions. ...

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Virtual Reality as a Tool for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Rett Syndrome: Reducing Stereotypies and Improving Motor Skills

... and Stasolla et al. (2015) respectively operated a powered wheelchair and a device for putting objects in a container. In some studies (n = 10; 15.6%), the technology was operated by the person with pervasive support needs and the caregiver or another person.Examples include the studies by Embregts et al. (2020) and Van Delden et al. (2020), in which an interactive ball was operated by the researcher in response to the behaviour of the person with pervasive support needs. ...

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Attitudes of support people: a key element when implementing technologies for people with intellectual and visual disabilities

... Indices of positive participation, representing an outcome measure of constructive engagement and favorable occupation, were collected according to a 15 s partial interval recording system with 10 s of observation and 5 s of dichotomous recording of absence/presence of the index in the previous 10 s interval. 36,37 Interobserver Agreement (IOA)TAU An IOA index (i.e., reliability percentage) was extracted by dividing the number of agreements by the number of agreements added to the number of disagreements and multiplying it by 100. Two research assistants who were blinded to the objectives and the procedures of the study, simultaneously and independently coded all the video-recorded sessions. ...

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An assistive technology program for enabling five adolescents emerging from a minimally conscious state to engage in communication, occupation, and leisure opportunities

... Additionally, the high costs and limited accessibility of these technologies present significant barriers to widespread adoption, especially in low-resource settings. Addressing these limitations will be crucial for ensuring equitable access and maximizing the potential of these innovative interventions [49][50][51][52][53][54][55]. ...

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Exploring the Combination of Serious Games, Social Interactions, and Virtual Reality in Adolescents with ASD: A Scoping Review