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Development of product flexibility principles for engineering design
(2005-05-21) Kuchinsky, Benjamin; Wood, Kristin L.
Product flexibility is the degree of responsiveness (or adaptability) of a product to the changing needs of customers. One of the areas within the field of product flexibility, which the research performed for this thesis focuses on, is design for future product evolutions. The basic idea of design for future product evolutions is that increasing the flexibility of a product will reduce the time required to redesign the product at a later date. An empirical study was performed to derive principles of flexibility found in products over time. The patent repository was used as the source of product information. Two methodologies are presented as part of the work: one to find patents of products that display flexibility, and another to analyze those patents to obtain information on the flexibility of the product. From the results of the analysis, a set of fundamental product flexibility principles is presented. The principles are written in a common form and placed into categories. Flexibility principles from previous research are included in the common form and combined with the newly derived principles to obtain a comprehensive list of fundamental product flexibility principles. Finally, a new evolution of a product is developed by applying some of the flexibility principles described in this thesis
A culturally adapted intervention for parents of Black American autistic children
(2024-05) Russell-George, Adrienne; O’Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Toste, Jessica; Cokley, Kevin; Fragale, Christina; Falcomata, Terry
Parents play a pivotal role in their children’s learning and development. Parent training is recognized as a scientifically based intervention and a critical component in treatment of autistic children. While the available literature on parent training and support interventions for minoritized populations has demonstrated that culturally adapted interventions are more efficacious than non-adapted interventions, studies that consider the cultural norms of Black autistic children and their families are practically non-existent. Previous research suggests racial matching of participants and interventionist, culturally adapting materials and working collaboratively with families, may aide in the development of socially acceptable interventions for Black American families. The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a culturally relevant parent training and support intervention using behavior skills training for parents of Black American autistic children who exhibit deficits in acquisition of daily living skills. A concurrent multiple baseline design across families and skills was conducted. Target skills were chosen by the families. A Black autistic girl and her mother demonstrated the procedures in the instructional videos. Parent training sessions were conducted by a Black Behavior Analyst. Because there is a dearth of literature on training and support for Black American parents of autistic children, this process allowed for collaboration between interventionist and parents. To assess for social validity and cultural fit, parent feedback was solicited at multiple points throughout the study. Results indicated significant increases in parents’ fidelity of implementation, improvements in skill acquisition for two of the three children, as well as cultural and social acceptability of the procedures by the families. Children’s treatment gains maintained or improved during two-week and four-week follow-up sessions. Implications for practice and recommendations for future researchers and clinicians working with Black autistic children and their families are discussed
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