UsingtheBraininHandApp
BiHUEEventDemo–v1.0 1
BraininHandisanassistivetechnology,usedineducationalsettingstoassisttheusertoovercomebarrierstolearning,andtargetsupportandinterventiontowhereandwhenitismostneeded.BraininHandisidealforpeoplewhosometimesstruggletomakedecisionsaboutandrespondquicklytoeverydaychallenges.Ourusershaveawidevarietyofconditions,includingthosewithautisticspectrumconditions,mentalhealthdifficulties,specificlearningdifficultiesorbraininjury.Inordertoassistyoutodemonstrateto,orestablishthesuitabilityofBraininHandfor,astudentyoucandownloadtheapptoadevice,andlogintoademonstrationaccount.
BraininHandiscompatiblewithmostnewsmartphonesandtabletsrunningthelatestandroidoriOSoperatingsystems.ToaccessyourBraininHanddemo,youwillneedtodownloadtheappontoasmartdevice:
IfyouareusinganAndroiddevice,clickontheGooglePlayStoreandsearchfor“braininhand”–AvailableforAndroidVersion4.0.3andaboveIfyouareusinganiOSdevice(iPhone,iPodTouch,oriPad),clickontheAppStoreandsearchfor“braininhand”–AvailableforiOSVersion6.0andabove
Downloadtheapptoyourdeviceandlogonusingyourorganisation/centreaccounttoseethemanywaysinwhichBraininHandcansupportstudentswiththeirself-managementstrategies.DemoUsername: [email protected] ([email protected])Password: demo
UsingBraininHandUserscanidentifysituationswheretheyhavedifficulty,andplansolutionsinadvance.Smartphonetechnologymeanstheirpersonalstrategiesarealwaysavailable,anytimeanywhereviaanappontheirmobileortabletdevice,torefertowhenneeded,helpminimiseanxietyandincreasetheirconfidenceandindependence.
StudentscankeeptrackoftheirownanxietyusingtheTrafficLightsystemontheirapp(theBraininHandwebsitewillcreateatimelineofallappactivity,forreviewlater).TheycanusetheTrafficLightstosetprompts,recordsuccessesandrequestsupporttokeeptheirdayontrack.
Itisessentialthatstudentscreatetheirownaccount,sothattheentriesaretailoredtotheirindividualneeds.Thisisademonstrationaccountbasedonotherstudentusers’entries,anddoesnothavefullfunctionalty.Pleasevisitourstand,[email protected],torequestyourownorganisation’slogin.
GettheBraininHandApp
UsingtheTimeline(onthewebsite)
BiHUEEventDemo–v1.0
SettingPromptsStudentscansettheBraininHandapptoremindthemtopressontrafficlightsatcertainintervals,tocapturetheirpatternsofhighorlowanxiety,highlightachievementsandpinpointdifficultiesthatmayotherwisebemissed.Whenloggingintotheapp,you’llbeaskedifyouwouldliketoreceiveprompts.Youcanadjustthefrequencyofpromptsbytappingonthe‘Settings’icon .
RecordingSuccessesStudentscanpressonaTrafficLightaftertheyhaveusedasolution,torecordhowwellitworkedforthem,toreinforcepositiveself-managementstrategiesandbetterplantheirtimeaccordingtosuccesses.TheTrafficlightsareaccessibletouseatanytime(atthebottomofthescreen).
RequestingSupportStudentscanrequestadditionalsupportbypressingred.ThiscanbeprovidedbyTheNationalAutisticSociety,orlinkedtoexistingsupportprovision.Havingthis‘safetynet’enablesindividualstohavetheconfidencetoexperiencenewsituations,becomemoreindependent,andachievetheirtruepotential.
Tryafewexamples…Belowareexamplesofstrategiesinastudent’sBraininHand.Youcanfindtheseonyourdemonstrationaccountbyfollowingtheevent-problem-activity-solutionsets…
Visitthe10amEvent:Seminar.Hereyouwillfindanexampleofhowastudentmightplanforstrategiestoreduceanxietyinthissituation.Thisstudentneedssupportwiththeactivity“Goingtolecture”andhasidentifiedstrategiesiftheyarefeeling“Tooanxioustogoin”.Clickonaproblemtoseethestudent’ssolutions…NextvisittheUnplannedEvent:Assignment(onaphoneswiperighttolefttosee‘Unplanned’).Hereyouwillfindanexampleofhowastudentmightorganisetheirassignmentplanningactivities.Thisstudenthasidentifiedproblemsaround“Deadlines”andhasdevelopedsolutionstomanagetheirworkiftheyare“Notontrack”orhavea“Newdeadlineset”.
Clickonaproblemtoseethisstudent’ssolutions…NextvisittheUnplannedEvent:Socialising.Hereyouwillfindanexampleofhowastudentmightplanwhattodoiftheyareparticipatingina“SocialActivity’andare‘Gettinganxious”.Asyounavigatearoundthedemoaccount,youcanseehowthesamestrategiesmaybeattachedtoanumberofdifferentactivities/problems.
TheInnovationCentre,UniversityofExeter
FormoreinformationaboutBraininHandandUniversityStudentUsers,ortorequestyourownlogin,pleasevisitwww.braininhand.co.uk,[email protected]
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