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The Benefits Of Art For Children With Special Needs : A Guidebook For Teachers, Rachel Rothberg May 2015

The Benefits Of Art For Children With Special Needs : A Guidebook For Teachers, Rachel Rothberg

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This thesis gives information to educators about the benefits of art with children, specifically those who require special education. It will examine different lessons and activities that can help achieve positive results for children. It includes specific lesson plans, sample artwork of children, brief assessment of these sample works, a personal narrative of individual experience, and interviews with an occupational therapist and art therapist.


Sounds And Symbols : The Relationship Between Auditory Processing And Reading, Jacqueline Kohos May 2015

Sounds And Symbols : The Relationship Between Auditory Processing And Reading, Jacqueline Kohos

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This project explores the relationship between auditory processing and reading. Inspired by the students and teachers during the author's first year of teaching, this work analyzes five areas of reading challenge through the lens of auditory processing: letter names and sounds, phonological awareness, sight words, decoding, and fluency.


Child Life Story Circuit : A Resource For Child Life Specialists On Therapeutic Play For Adolescents Through Narrative, Melissa Pigden May 2015

Child Life Story Circuit : A Resource For Child Life Specialists On Therapeutic Play For Adolescents Through Narrative, Melissa Pigden

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper describes the creation of the blog "Child Life Story Circuit." It was created as a resource for child life specialists providing ideas for interventions involving bibliotherapy, expression, and narrative medicine.


Designing Social Stories For The Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brigid Tuschen May 2015

Designing Social Stories For The Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brigid Tuschen

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The author found that there was a significant amount of recent research done on how best to use social stories in the classroom and none in a museum setting, which led her to research and write two social stories for the Brooklyn Children's Museum.