Journal article
Assistive Positioning as a Control Parameter of Social-Communicative Interactions Between Students with Profound Multiple Disabilities and Classroom Staff
Abstract
This study examined the effects of assistive positioning on social-communicative interactions between 10 students, 6 to 12 years of age, with profound multiple disabilities, and their classroom staff. Interactions were videotaped in the students' classrooms when each student was positioned using a wheelchair, a sidelyer, and a mat on the floor. Data were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance. During unstructured interactions, …
Authors
McEwen IR
Journal
Physical Therapy, Vol. 72, No. 9, pp. 634–644
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
September 1, 1992
DOI
10.1093/ptj/72.9.634
ISSN
0031-9023