Encouraging the Acceptance of Human Differences Through Children’s Literature
Encouraging the Acceptance of Human Differences Through Children’s Literature
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Date
2018-12
Authors
Berthelson, Hannah
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University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University
Abstract
The present Honors Thesis consists of a research project utilizing a qualitative
design and an accompanying creative product in which the author sought to encourage
the acceptance of general human differences through children’s literature. The purpose of
the qualitative research component was to collect and understand the perspectives of
parents and adults who have lived with a communication disorder in any way and who
have experienced attending speech-language therapy for the first time. Participants
included parents of children currently enrolled in speech-language therapy and adults
who were enrolled in speech-language therapy as children. The emotions that the
participants experienced in the face of comprehending a communication disorder and
incorporating a new therapy and therapist into their routines were gathered and analyzed
to shape the plot of a children’s storybook. The storybook is intended to help both parents
and children better understand speech-language therapy and that communication
disorders are just one of many differences expressed by the population of the entire
world.
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parents,
differences,
self-esteem,
storybooks,
speech,
language therapy,
speech therapy,
speech language therapy