Citation

Price R, Marsh AJ, Fisher MH. Behav. Anal. Pract. 2018; 11(1): 46-50.

Affiliation

Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, College of Education, Michigan State University, 620 Farm Lane, Erickson Hall 340, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Springer International)

DOI

10.1007/s40617-017-0202-z

PMID

29556448

PMCID

PMC5843574

Abstract

Facilitating the use of public transportation enhances opportunities for independent living and competitive, community-based employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Four young adults with IDD were taught through total-task chaining to use the Google Maps application, a self-prompting, visual navigation system, to take the bus to locations around a college campus and the community. Three of four participants learned to use Google Maps to independently navigate public transportation. Google Maps may be helpful in supporting independent travel, highlighting the importance of future research in teaching navigation skills. Learning to independently use public transportation increases access to autonomous activities, such as opportunities to work and to attend postsecondary education programs on large college campuses.Individuals with IDD can be taught through chaining procedures to use the Google Maps application to navigate public transportation.Mobile map applications are an effective and functional modern tool that can be used to teach community navigation.

Language: en

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Community participation; Google maps; Intellectual disability; Navigation; Vocation