| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 102 === Students with Cerebral Palsy require using standing frames to train their standing or enhance their muscle during class, but they still need the reminder from other people of their slanted postures or keeping upright.
A Nintendo Wii Remote Controller with behavior detector and feedback technology were applied in this study to evaluate whether two students with Cerebral Palsy could control their standing behavior. In this study, a Wii Remote Controller was used as the medium of behavior detector, and supplemented with feedback technology as integral mechanism to assess the effectiveness of improving standing behavior. This study adopted a multiple probe design and divided into three phases: (A) baseline phase, (B) intervention phase, and (A’) maintenance phase. Both participants took part in the baseline phase at the same time. Participant A underwent the intervention phase first, while participant B still collected his baseline data. Participant B proceed to the intervention phase after participant A’s performance was stable. This design showed the difference among each phase and the effective performance of standing behavior for both participants.
During the 10-min experiments, the mean rate of standing behavior for participant A was 7.33% in the baseline phase, 56.98% in the intervention phase, and 57.4% in the maintenance phase. Meanwhile, the mean rate of standing behavior for participant B was 10.37% during the baseline phase, 89.45% during the intervention phase, and 90.7% during the maintenance phase. The experimental results showed that the standing
behavior for both participants from the baseline to the intervention phase was significantly increased (p<.01). This study showed that the combination of a Wii Remote Controller with behavior detector and feedback technology could improve the standing behavior for students with Cerebral Palsy, and the effectiveness was significant.
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