Project Prospectus:

Essential Question: How can Slp's help children with communication disorders over come the negative impact that public perception can have on a communication disorder?

Foundation Questions:
1.What are communication disorders?
2. How does communication disorders affect the live of the child?
3. How does the public react to a person with a speech disorder?
4.How can a child's self-esteem be affected by having a communication disorder?
5.In what ways does the communication disorder affect their social communication?
6.What are strategies that a SLP can use to help the child improve their self-image?

Tentative Point: That Slp's can play a major role in improving the self-esteem of a child with a poor self-image caused by a communication disorder.

Genres:
1. Webliography: the voice of the clinician.

2. Poem- voice of the child. This way I could write a poem on how having a communication disorders affects the child. How do his/her peers react to their communication disorder? I can write about how it is like to go through life with a communication disorder and include his/her fears, thoughts, etc. The intended audience would be for his/her peers that way they can know exactly how living with a communication disorder affects them.

3. Power Point Presentation: Is the voice of the clinician. This is intended towards parents and teachers to learn more about CD's.

4. Letter to the Editor: voice of a parent who has a child who has a communication disorder. Basically it is to address to the public of how a CD affects the child and what can be done about it.

5. Journal Entry: voice of the teacher. This way the teacher can write about how the child is treated in the classroom, how he/she performs. etc. Basically how the disorder affects the child.

6. Interview: clinician and teacher. Here clincians will discuss ways to help the teacher increase the self-esteem of a child.

Integrating the genres:
I like the idea of an ongoing journal starting from the teacher and what she is observing etc. then I can add different genres within the journal. I am not sure if really what I will be writing might be more of a narrative. Either way I would like my genres to be developed in a journal or narrative form.

Tentative Resources:

Resource: Eric
Key Words: Communication Disorders
APA Format:
Olswang, L., Coggins, T., Timler, G. ( 2001, November). Outcome Measures for School-Age children with Communication Problems. Clearing House, pp50-73. (From[Eric] :Ebsco Publishing [Producer& Distributor].) Retrieved by July 8, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Academic Search Elite
Key Words: Self-esteem
APA Format:
Mackie, C., (2002, June) Self-Esteem of children with specific speech and language difficulties. Child Language Teaching & Therapy, pp125. (From[Academic Search Elite]
:Ebsco Publishing [Producer& Distributor].) Retrieved by July 8, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Academic Search Elite
Key Words: Communication Disorders And Self-Esteem
APA Format:
Glenn, E., Smith, T., (1998, October) Building Self-esteem of Children and Adolescents with communication disorders. Professional School Counseling, pp39. (From [Academic Search Elite] :Publishing & Distributor]). Retrieved by July 10, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Academic Search Elite
Key Words: Improving Self-Esteem
APA Format:
Harris, B., (1991, January) An approach to improving self-esteem. Guidance & Counseling, pp22. (From [Academic Search Elite] :Publishing & Distributor]). Retrieved by July 10, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Academic Search Elite
Key Words: Communication Disorders
APA Format:
Glazer, S., (2001, February) Communication Disorders. Teaching PreK-8, pp85.([From Academic Search Elite] :Publishing & Distributor]). Retrieved by July 10, 2002 from the World Wide Web: //http://search.epnet.com/

.Resource: Eric
Key word: Speech Therapy and self-concept
APA Format: Drummond, R., (1976, January) Self Concept- of Children with Speech
Disabilities. [On-line]. Elementary and Childhood Education, Abstract from EbscoHost
Host File: Eric Database Item: ED171413. Retrieved by July 15, 2002 from World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Eric
Keyword: Communication Disorders and perception
APA Format:
Ebert, K., Prelock, P., (1994, October) Teacher’s perceptions of their students with communication disorders. Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools, pp211. (From [Eric] :EbscoPublishing [Producer&Distributor]). Retrieved by July15, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Eric
Key word: Communication Disorders and peers
APA Format:
Bandyyk, J., Diamond, K., (1997, January) Changes in Pre-school Children’s Social
Interactions with classmates with and without disabilities. [On-line]. Handicapped and
Gifted Children. Abstract from: EbscoHost File: Eric Item: ED409680. Retrieved by
July 15, 2002 from World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: Eric
Key word: speech therapy and counseling
APA Format:
Stone, J., (1992, October). Resolving Relationship Problems in Communication
Disorders Treatment: A Systems Approach. [On-line]. Language, Speech, & Hearing
Services in Schools, 23, 300-307. Abstract from: EbscoHost File: Eric Item: EJ457506
Retrieved by July 15, 2002 from World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Resource: PsycINFO
Key Words: communication disorders and counseling
APA Format:
McNamara, K., (2002). Interviewing, counseling, and clinical communication. [On-line]. Introduction to clinical methods in communication disorders, 183-217. Abstract from: EbscoHost File: PsycINFO Item: 1-55766-526-5. Retrieved by July 15, 2002 from World Wide Web: http://search.epnet.com/

Essential Question: How can Slp's help children with communication disorders over come the negative impact that public perception can have on a communication disorder?
1.What are communication disorders?
2. How does communication disorders affect the live of the child?
3.How can a child's self-esteem be affected by having a communication disorder?
4.In what ways does the communication disorder affect their social communication?
5.What are strategies that a SLP can use to help the child improve their self-image?

My first essential question was, what is the most effective way that speech pathologists can help patients focus on treatment rather than on their disorder? This however was too broad and I needed to focus my question on a certain topic. I chose one of my interests, which is phonological disorders. I wanted to go with the same concept as my first question, but I realized that alone is not enough to research on. So, I changed my question around that would allow me to focus on my first question .
Well I changed my question again focusing more on what I wanted the first time. I chose not to focus on a specific disorder .

Essential Question: How can Slp's help children with communication disorders over come the negative impact that public perception can have on a communication disorder?

1. What are communication disorders?

2. How does communication disorders affect the live of the child?

3. How can a child's self-esteem be affected by having a communication disorder?

4. In what ways does the communication disorder affect their social communication?

5. What are strategies that a SLP can use to help the child improve their self-image?