{"id":25234,"date":"2025-09-03T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/?p=25234"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:28:21","slug":"mobile-application-to-support-independence-in-daily-routines-of-adolescents-with-autism-and-or-adhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/?p=25234","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Application to Support Independence in Daily Routines of Adolescents with Autism and\/or ADHD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Petra Privo\u0161nik, Vanja Riccarda Kiswarday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>To support increased independence among adolescents with<br>impaired executive functions, especially those with autism<br>and\/or ADHD, we developed, tested, and evaluated a pilot<br>mobile application. Based on theoretical foundations, our own<br>research, and expert recommendations, the app offers visual and<br>time-based structuring of routines, tracking progress through a<br>Pomodoro1 timer and a reward system. The application was<br>tested over 14 days by 12 adolescents and 2 young adults (11<br>male, 3 female): 6 with autism only, 1 with ADHD only, and 7<br>with both, using their own smartphones or tablets. After the trial<br>users rated its usability, benefits, and motivational impact very<br>positively, with special praise for the innovative real-time visual<br>timer (calendar) that improves time awareness. They also<br>suggested additional features, such as audio alerts outside the<br>app, integration with other digital tools, and various forms of<br>rewards. This analysis of the pilot version calls for further<br>research with more users facing executive function challenges,<br>including those transitioning to independent living for the first<br>time while studying or working, and longer-term monitoring of<br>app usage to assess its effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/digin.3.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of digin.3.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3dc495e7-9eaa-4720-83c3-b6cbdb6eb422\" href=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/digin.3.pdf\">digin.3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/digin.3.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3dc495e7-9eaa-4720-83c3-b6cbdb6eb422\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petra Privo\u0161nik, Vanja Riccarda Kiswarday AbstractTo support increased independence among adolescents withimpaired executive functions, especially those with autismand\/or ADHD, we developed, tested, and evaluated a pilotmobile application. Based on theoretical foundations, our ownresearch, and expert recommendations, the app offers visual andtime-based structuring of routines, tracking progress through aPomodoro1 timer and a reward system. The application wastested over 14 days by 12 adolescents and 2 young adults (11male, 3 female): 6 with autism only, 1 with ADHD only, and 7with both, using their own smartphones or tablets. After the trialusers rated its usability, benefits, and motivational impact verypositively, with special praise for the innovative real-time visualtimer (calendar) that improves time awareness. They alsosuggested additional features, such as audio alerts outside theapp, integration with other digital tools, and various forms ofrewards. This analysis of the pilot version calls for furtherresearch with more users facing executive function challenges,including those transitioning to independent living for the firsttime while studying or working, and longer-term monitoring ofapp usage to assess its effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doi-digin-2025","category-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26252,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25234\/revisions\/26252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/is.ijs.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}