Quarter
Hour Watch
Time management for people
who can't tell time.
The Quarter
Hour Watch is an entirely new concept in time management
for individuals with developmental disabilities. It lowers the
level of abstraction to allow the use of "time" without
needing to read a clock's time.
The basic principles are:
- events are presented by pictures
easy to understand and easy to program to specific times.
- these pictures are placed into the Quarter
Hour Watch and the time remaining to the event is shown as
lighted points. Each point represents one quarter of an hour.
If there are 2 hours or more remaining to the event all the points
are dark. After each quarter hour, a point turns light until
they are all light and a signal is sounded and the points flash.
The
pictures are placed on impact resistant plastic chips (about
the size of 35 mm slides) that have programmable inserts on the
back. The insert have a clock pattern and are simple to set for
any absolute time.
With the Quarter Hour Watch, developmentally
delayed individuals may gradually, and at their own speed, learn
how to manage time related events. The most elementary use
how to use the device to be on time might slowly but surely
develop into use for planning in the time dimension.
The
Quarter Hour Watch is small, robust and operates on 3 AAA alkaline
batteries. It comes with 10 plastic chips, a mounting rack and
carry bag.
Use any labels or symbol system for pictures:
PCS, Imaginart, WorldWise, Pictogram,
or photographs, cut outs from magazines, etc..
Technical: |
Size: 5-1/8" x 3-5/32"
x 1-3/16" (13 x 8 x 3 cm)
Weight: 0.5 pounds (225 g)
Case Colors: Black, Red, Blue |
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