Shira Yalon-Chamovitz Explained

Shira Yalon-Chamovitz[1]
Birth Date:8 November 1962
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Field:Cognitive accessibility
Occupational therapy
Universal Design in Learning
Work Institution:Ono Academic College
Alma Mater:University of Connecticut
(1993-2000, PhD, Educational Psychology)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993, MSc, Occupational therapy)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1986, B.Sc., Occupational therapy,)
Doctoral Advisor:Stephen Greenspan
Known For:Cognitive accessibility
Simultaneous simplification
Thesis Title:Everyday wisdom in people with mental retardation: Role of experience and practical intelligence[2]
Spouse:Daniel Chamovitz

Shira Yalon-Chamovitz (born 8 November 1962) is an Israeli occupational therapist. She is the director of the Israel Institute on Cognitive Accessibility and dean of students at Ono Academic College.[3] [4]

She has made significant contributions to the field of accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities, having coined the terms "cognitive ramps"[5] and "simultaneous simplification".[6] [7]

Biography

Shira Yalon-Chamovitz is married to Daniel Chamovitz, an American-born plant geneticist and the seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva.

Academic career

Most of Yalon-Chamovitz's research has concerned adults with cognitive disabilities.[8] During her doctoral research, she developed a video test of practical intelligence[9] which was included in the DSM-5 for the diagnosis of intellectual disability.[10] Subsequent research looked into the application of virtual reality for individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities,[11] and the use of co-teaching models in service learning in occupational therapy education.[12] [13]

Yalon-Chamovitz published a theoretical model of practice for cognitive accessibility.[14] This model has become the basis for subsequent models and implementation.[15] [16] Based on this model, Yalon-Chamovitz developed the "Simultaneous Simplification" technique,[17] [18] which was first implemented globally during the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation provided cognitive accessibility to the broadcast of the Eurovision through a digital video live stream, which involved translating what was said in real time in English into plain language Hebrew.[19]

Yalon-Chamovitz was a member of the committee that wrote the 2015 Israeli accessibility regulations which legally mandated the use of simple language and/or language simplification (Hebrew = פישוט לשוני).[20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: published CV. 11 October 2019.
  2. Web site: U Conn Doctoral Dissertations: Everyday wisdom in people with mental retardation: Role of experience and practical intelligence. 11 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Israel Institute on Cognitive Accessibility website. 11 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Shira Yalon-Chamovitz PhD Ono Academic College, Tel Aviv ONO Occupational Therapy. ResearchGate. en. 2020-01-04.
  5. Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Shach . Ruth . Avidan-Ziv . Ornit . Tenne Rinde . Michal . The call for cognitive ramps . Work . 18 February 2016 . 53 . 2 . 455–456 . 10.3233/WOR-152244 . 26836027.
  6. Web site: Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Simultaneous Simplification: Stretching the Boundaries of UDL . YouTube . 2016 UDL-IRN Summit . en.
  7. Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Steinberg . pnina . Shach . Ruth . Avidan-Ziv . Ornit . Simultaneous Language Simplification from the Perspective of People with IDD: Overcoming Cognitive Accessibility Barriers and Token Participation . SSRN Electronic Journal . 2019 . 10.2139/ssrn.3390380.
  8. Web site: Shira Yalon-Chamovitz - Google Scholar Citations . scholar.google.com.
  9. Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Greenspan . Stephen . Ability to identify, explain and solve problems in everyday tasks: preliminary validation of a direct video measure of practical intelligence . Research in Developmental Disabilities . May 2005 . 26 . 3 . 219–230 . 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.08.002. 15668073 .
  10. Book: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. . 2013 . American Psychiatric Association . 978-0-89042-554-1 . 5th . registration .
  11. Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Weiss . Patrice L. (Tamar) . Virtual reality as a leisure activity for young adults with physical and intellectual disabilities . Research in Developmental Disabilities . May 2008 . 29 . 3 . 273–287 . 10.1016/j.ridd.2007.05.004 . 17590313 .
  12. Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Kraiem . Yoav . Gutman . Carolyn . Deconstructing hierarchies: Service users as co-teachers in occupational therapy education . Work . 12 April 2017 . 56 . 3 . 381–386 . 10.3233/WOR-172502. 28269798 . free .
  13. Lahav . Orit . Daniely . Noa . Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Interpersonal social responsibility model of service learning: A longitudinal study . Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy . 2 June 2017 . 25 . 1 . 61–69 . 10.1080/11038128.2017.1335775. 28573894 . 45345439 .
  14. Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Invisible Access Needs of People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Conceptual Model of Practice . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities . October 2009 . 47 . 5 . 395–400 . 10.1352/1934-9556-47.5.395. 19842744 .
  15. Book: Bracken . Seán . Novak . Katie . Transforming higher education through universal design for learning : an international perspective . February 2019 . Routledge . London . 9781351132077 . 221 . 12 October 2019.
  16. Book: Bar-On . Amalia . Ravid . Dorit . Handbook of communication disorders . April 2018 . De Gruyter . 978-1-61451-490-9 . 845.
  17. Web site: Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Simultaneous Simplification: Stretching the Boundaries of UDL . YouTube . 2016 UDL-IRN Summit . en.
  18. Web site: Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Avidan-Ziv . Ornit . Simultaneous Simplification Stretching the Boundaries of UDL Learning Designed . www.learningdesigned.org . UDL-IRN . 12 October 2019.
  19. Spiro, Amy (12 May 2019). Web site: A Eurovision broadcast accessible to all. 11 October 2019. . The Jerusalem Post.
  20. Web site: Baron . Reuven . Yalon-Chamovitz . Shira . Noy . Nurit . Eilam . Gavriela . Eran . Orna . Accessibility of the built environment: Communication (in Hebrew) . The Standards Institution of Israel . 15 October 2019 . p. 2.

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